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REMAINS

HISTORICAL & LITERARY

CONNECTED WITH THE PALATINE COUNTIES OF

LANCASTER AND CHESTER

PUBLISHED BY

THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.

VOL. XXI.

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PRINTED FOR THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.

M.DCCC.L.

JAMEH CROaSLET. Esq., PautDBKT.

ItHV. RICHARD PARKINSON. aO., F.aA., CtHOK OF HiNCBBSTEB a

PRi.-<cirAi. or St. Bees Cou-Eas, Vicb-Pbbsidbnt.
WILLIAM BEAMONT.

THE TBRY REV. QEORQE HULL BOWERS. D.D., DBiH OF MancUE
KET. THOMAS CORBER, M.A.
JAMEa DEARDEN, F.S.A.
EDWARD HAWKINS, F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.B.
THOMAS UETWOOD, P.S.A.
W. A. HULTON.
REV. J, PICCOPE, H.A.
REV. F. & RAINES, M.A., F.aA.

THE VEN. JOHN RUBHTON, D-D.. ABCHDIACON OF HaKCHBSTER.
WILLIAM LANOTON, TrbaSOBBR.
WILLIAM PLEHINO. H.a. HON. 8BCRBTART.

Moncfiestrr:

INTRODUCTION.

Francis Gastrell was born at Slapton in Northampton-
shire, on the 10th of May 1662, and his baptism was
not delayed, as it is recorded in the Register of the Parish
Church to have been administered on the day of his birth.^
His &ther was Henry Gastrell, a gentleman of &mily and
considerable property, descended from those of his name
seated at Tetbury and Shipton Moyne in the county of
Gloucester. In the Heralds' Visitation of Gloucestershire
in 1623,* Richard Gastrell Esq. recorded a Pedigree of his
&niily, by which it appears that he married Ann, daughter

and heiress of Butler of Badminton in the same

county Esq. and that his eldest son, Fabian Gastrell of Tet-
bury, was then dead, having had issue by his wife, Mary,
third daughter of Thomas Knightley of Preston Capes Esq.
a son, Knightley Gastrell Esq. then aged seventeen years,
and heir apparent of his grandfether, and whose descendant

^ '' Francis, Sonn of Hencry Gastrill and Elizabeth his wife, was bom
and bap'* tbc lO*"* of May 1662 "-^Slapton Register,
3 C. 17. 130, Goll. Arm. London.

IV INTEODUCTION.

in 1683, then also of Tetbury, continued the family record
at the Heralds' Visitation of the county.^ Fabian Gastrell
had also a son Henry, who settled at East Garston in Berk-
shire, and had issue one son Peregrine, who married on the
29th of March 1631, Jane, eldest daughter of Richard
Knightley of Burgh Hall in the county of Stafford, and of
Fawsley Park in the county of Northampton Esq. M.P. and
dying in early life, left an only child, Henry Gastrell, who
was still a minor on the death of his mother in February
1652-3, and in the guardianship of his step-father, the
Rev. John Thomson, Rector of Preston Capes, near Da-
ventry.

The Manor and Advowson of Slapton were conveyed by
John Thomson G^nt.' in April 1653, to Henry Gastrell
Esq. who shortly afterwards made this village his principal
residence.^ He married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward
Bagshaw of Morton Pinkney in the same county Esq. M.P.
descended from the Bagshawes of Derbyshire, and the pupil
and biographer of the famous Robert Bolton.

^ K. 5. 223, Coll. Arm. The Arms borne by the above families are,
Chequy arg. and sab. on a chief, or, -three stags' heads coupcd of the
second. Crest, — a lion's head erased proper, gorged with a wreath of
leaves, vert. These arms were nsed by Bishop Gastrell, and also by Mr.
Chancellor Ghistrell, without the heraldic marks of cadency.

' Bakers History of NorthamptonBhire^ parts 3 and 4, fol. 1822-30.

' In 1655 the Parliamentary Inquisitors ccrtiiied that Slapton was an
appropriate Parsonage presentative in the Patronage of Mr. Henry Grastrcll
of Slapton, — that Timothy Hart supplied the Cure, which was worth £40
a year, — and that there was no Chapel of Ease in the Parish. — Pari. Inq,
Lainb, Lif/^r,

INTRODUCTION. V

Mr. Gastrell died in early life, leaving issue two sons and
two daughters. Edward Gastrell, the eldest son, inherited
the familj Estate, and was the father of Peregrine Gastrell,
afterwards Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester. The se-
cond son was Francis, afterwards Bishop of Chester, who,
when in his fifteenth year, was admitted on the Foundation
of Westminster School, under the celebrated Dr. Busby,
and, by a sedulous application to his studies, — which he
directed to the noblest objects, — there laid the foundation
of that accurate and extensive knowledge of sacred and
profane authors of which he has left so many evidences in
bis numerous publications.

After having been four years at Westminster, Gastrell.
like several of his ancestors, was elected a Student of Christ
Church, Oxford, Deer. 17th 1680; B.A. there June 13th
1C84; M.A. April 20th 1087; admitted into Deacon's Or-
ders Deer. 29th 1689; ordained Priest on the 25th of June
following, and B.D. on the 23d of June 1694.

At this time he had not appeared as an author, but his
talents and learning were not unknown, — and having been
distinguished by his pulpit eloquence, the Hon. Society of
Lincoln's Inn selected him for their Preacher in 1694,
whilst yet a young man for so responsible an office.

An " unhappy dispute," as Dr. Viecsimus Knox terms it,
in an admirable paper on the subject,* though written per-
haps in a tone of rather too much lightness, had long dis-
tressed the minds of all good men on an important point
of doctrine. The combatants were Sherlock, Dean of St.
' iViiHer Evenini/s, No. 13-3.

VI INTRODUCTION.

Paul's, South, a Canon of Christ Church, and Mr. Gastrell,
the latter appearing in the controversy more as a mediator
than a partisan. His Considerations on the Trinity, and
the Ways of Managing that Controversy, 1696, 4to. met
with the approbation of Dr. Scott, the celebrated author
of The Christian Life, and the calm and temperate tone
by which the work was characterized excited considerable
attention, and in a short time it passed through several
editions.^ Sherlock, in 1698, replied to the arguments of
his opponent ; and this led in the same year to a Defence of
the "Considerations."

Posterity will, perhaps, be disposed to admit that the
opinions of these learned men on the subject of this con-
troversy were essentially the same, and that they merely
differed in their respective modes of defending it.

The writer of Gastrell's Life, in the Biographia Britan-
nica,^ states that the " Considerations" were first published
in 1702. He does not appear to have been aware that this
was merely a new edition of a book which had become
popular, although published anonymously.

There can be little doubt that, although Gastrell had
chosen to preserve his incognito for many years, he was

^ This Tractate has not quite passed into unmerited ohscurity, as the
learned Bishop Randolph, in his Enchiridion Theologicwm, has very pro*
perly given it a place amongst "those short and comprehensive Tracts
which deserve to be frequently read and studied, and which" he says,
" were meant to be selected out of such as are scarce, or are likely soon to
become so, or not to be had, except as parts of voluminous works."

* Biographia Brifannica, vol. iii. ; and the same error is committed in
Nichols* Literary Anecdotes^ vol. i. p. 138.

INTKODUCTION. VU

well and favourably known to those who had the disposal
of the rewards of merit and learning, for in 1697 he was
brought more prominently forward as Preacher of the
Boyle Lectures. He had secured the patronage of Arch-
bishop Tenison, to the great mortification of Evelyn, who
was wishful — and in the wish who would not concur? — that
his friend Dr. Bentley should have been again the Lecturer.
That great man, however, stated that Gastkell was very
well qualified for the office, and had desired it a long
time.'

The Eight Sermons which he preached on that occasion
at St. Martin's in the Fields, were published by him ui the
same year (1697,) and were dedicated to Archbishop Teni-
son, Sir Henry Ashurst Bart. Sir John Rotheram, Serjeant-
at-Law, and John Evelyn senr. Esq. the original Trustees
of the Hon. Robert Boyle.

In 1699 he published another volume, entitled Tfm Cw-
tainty of tlie Christian Revelation, designed as a continua-
tion, or second part of his Boyle Lecture. It is no small
tribute of commendation to the value of this excellent work
to find it several times referred to, and quoted by. Bishop
Van Mildert, in the Appendix to his own Boyle Lectures,
On the Rise and Progress of Infidelity, — where he justly
styles Gastkell a forcible writer. — Appendix; vol. ii. p.
620, 8vo. third edition.

By these learned Discourses he was introduced to that
great Patron of learning, and of learned men, Harley, af-
terwards Earl of Oxford, who found him to be a person

^ Bishop MoDk'a Li/e of Richard Bentlei/, cliap. v. p. 59.

i ^

Vm INTRODUCTION.

well fitted in every respect^ to adorn the highest and most
responsible offices in the Church.

On the 13th of July 1700, he commenced D.D. and in
the following year, when Harley was appointed Speaker of
the House of Commons, he nominated Gastrell to the
Chaplaincy of the House; and in January 1702-3, he was
installed Canon of Christ Church, Oxford^

On the 20th of August 1703, he married at the Church
of St. Helen, Bishopsgate, London, his kinswoman, Eliza-
beth, only daughter of the Rev. John Mapletoft, M.D.
F.R.S. Professor of Physic in Gresham College, Rector of
Braybrook in the county of Northampton, and Vicar of St.
Laurence, Jewry, London.

The year following Gastrell published a Fast Sermon^
preached before the House of Commons on Psalm xlvi. 1,
2, and 3 ; and in this year his Patron was made a Privy
Councillor and Secretary of State.

In 1705 Gactrell contributed, with other members of
Christ Church, to the rebuilding of three sides of the Court
called "Peckwater*s Quadrangle,** after a plan by Dean
Aldrich, — and his name and pious liberality were comme-
morated in an appropriate Latin inscription.^

At the beginning of this century Education for its own
sake, as tending to humanise the people and to ameUorate
their condition, was not much in favour, nor even coun-
tenanced at all except by a few thoughtful men amongst

1 Le Neve 8 Fastiy p. 527 ; and Willis* Cathedr. vol. ii. p. 462.
* Gutch's Continuation of Wood's HUtory of the Univernty of Oxfordy
vol. iii. p. 455.

INTRODUCTION. IX

the Clergy, who influenced a similar minority amongst the
Laity.

These far-sighted benefactors of their species feared no-
thing, but hoped every thing, from the universal extension
of sound learning ; and whilst Steele' looked upon the Char
rity Schools as the greatest instance of public spirit the age
had produced, Addison' compared the annual meeting of
the Children to the pomp of a Roman triumph, and re-
garded the victories of Marlborough as a Divine reward for
the National Charity. Gastbell, ever ready to promote
the welfare of liis fellow beings, came forward in 1707, and,
in an impressive Sermon, ably advocated the cause of popu-
lar Education.

From an inconsiderable be^nning,' tlie Schools have gra-
dually advanced in public favour until they now form one
of the finest Institutions of the Metropolis; and. happily
for the best interests of the people, similar Institutions have
been extended throughout the United Kingdom.

Nor was Gastrell's patronage of this system of Edu-
cation of an evanescent description. When he became
Bishop of Chester his active mind was especially directed
to the state of Education throughout his Diocese, and a
searching inquiry was instituted into the endowments and
expenditure of the ^-arious Schools in it, the condensed
result of which is g^ven in the Notilia.

■ Sj^eetaioT, No. 284.

■ GMordum, No. 105.

* See Nelwm's A44Tr** to Prratnu of (^ualitg and E*tale, Appenil. pp.
48, 49, Bfo. 1715, » book of frcat worth.

b

X INTRODUCTION.

His well known and excellent work The Christian Insti-
tutes was first published in 1707, being printed in Italics,
without any Scripture references, which were subjoined in
a second edition : his chief aim in preparing this work was
to provide an easy manual of instruction and devotion for
the Children educated in the Charity Schools. In 1718
it was translated into Latin by the Rev. Andrew Tooke
M.A. the Head Master of the Charter House ; and in
1727 had reached a fifth edition. Having been for many
years a popular book in the Catalogue of the venerable
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the pious
prayer of the author has been realized, and the character
by which it is best known, as he desired it might be, is its
Usefulness.'

In 1711 he became a member of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, cordially
approving of the objects of the Institution, and regarding
it as a valuable off-shoot of the sister Society for Pro-
moting Christian Knowledge. In the same year he was

' Preface, p. 2. It ie somewhat remarkable ttiat tliis, the least able of
his literary productions, is tho one by which be ia now best known. See
Gent.'a Mag. 1818, p. 606.

In the Chetham Library, Manchester, ia a copy of Archdeacon Gregory's
edition of the Greek Tcslanient, 1703, formerly belonging to the R«v. John
Clayton, Fellow of the Collegiate Churcli, who has recorded, on a fly leaf,
that, " t'ue iiitorteaTL'd retnarlta and references arc a transcript from tho
interleayed Greek Testament of tho Right Rev. Francia Gastrell D.D. the
late learned and worthy Biahop of Chester, communicated by the Rev,
and learned Jonathan Colly A.M. Chaplain to hia Lordship, and Pre-
centor of [he Cathedral of Christ Church, Oxford."

I

INTRODUCTION. IX

DomiDated a Commissioner for building fifty new Churches
in London and Westminster, and falls under the satire of
Pope in his Imitation of Horace, —

"Shall half the new built Churches round thee fall;"'

alluding to the defective manner of their erection : but the
rebuke was not felt by Gastbell, as he was dead when the
poem was published.

In the same year he was chosen Proctor in Convocation
for Christ Church; and his steadiness of principle and in-
flexible integrity of character well qualified him to delibe-
rate on matters concerning the Church and to suggest
canons for the regulation of its affairs.

At this time his Patron was created Earl of Oxford, and
appointed Lord Treasurer, and Gastbell was immediately
nominated one of the Queen's Chaplains. He published in
1712, a Sermon on Romans xiv. 18, preached before her
Majesty; and in 1714 another Sermon, preached before the
House of Lords, on Prov. xxi. 31.

He had now entered his fifty-second year, and had been
long and deservedly known as a sound Divine whose accom-
plished learning had been successfiilly employed in his great
Master's cause, and whose whole life had been

" A living Sermon of the Truths he taught."

He was therefore wisely selected as the successor of Sir

' Lib. ilSttt.2, 1. 119.

' April 4, Buigraphia Britatmiea. In a letter to Dr. Charlett, dated
London, Jnly 25ih, 1703, the writer myt, " Mr. Wyrill, my Lord Bishop

Ml INTRODUCTION.

William Dawes in the See of Chester, and was Consecrated
on the 14th of April 17IV in Somerset House Chapel, at
which time he resigned the office of Preacher at Lincoln's
Inn, but was allowed to retain his Canonry, in commendam,
with his poor Bishoprick.

The appointment was most opportune for Gastrell, as
on the 27th of July his Patron, the Lord Treasurer, re-
signed his Staff to the Queen, and her Majesty dying on the
1st of August, his power and influence were at an end.

In the same year in which he was consecrated Bishop of
Chester he published anonj-mously, Remarks upon Dr. Sam-
uel Clarke s Scripture Doctrine of Uie Trinity. The acute
metapliysician in his Reply passed a high eulogium upon
Gastrell, and admitted that "the objections were sot forth
to jmrticular advantage by the skill of a very able and
learned writer, and were proposed with a reasonable and
good spirit,"^

The Bishop was not an unconcerned spectator of the
troubles which befel the country in 1715, in the various
risings for the restoration of the House of Stuart. He felt
that principle was in direct antagonism with expediency,
but his loyalty induced him to discourage all attempts for
the subversion of the monarchy and the restoration of a

of Brisloll's Chnplain, told me that his Lordship had nccepted of the Bishop -
ric of London, and was soon to be here to take possession of it, though lie
believed he would return again to Utrecht : but who is to succeed him, or
Dr. Smalridgc, we linow uot, though some name Dr. Gastrell for both." —
Ballard's MS. Collfctioni, vol. xisvi. p. 79.
1 Page 1, S»o. 1714.

INTRODUCTION. xiu

system, both ecclesiastical and political, which the mass of.
the people justly viewed with alarm and jealousy. "The
Prints tell us," said Archdeacon Stratford, in a letter to his
cousin, Dr. William Stratford, (Gastrell's Secretary,) dated
Oxford, Nov. 9th 1715, "that the Northumberland Rebels
are marching towards Lancashire. If you hear of any dis-
turbance of Rebellion in those parts, you must give your
Lord what accounts you hear of it, as soon always as they
come to you." Again on the 23d of November the Arch-
deacon writes, "My Lord was much concerned to hear of
the Rebels, and cannot suppose that Englishmen will desire
to revive a system condemned and deplored by all sound
Protestants :" and the Bishop himself on the 28th of No-
vember, writing to his Secretary, observes, "whatever my
sympathy may be for a houseless Prince, my loyalty and
duty to my Sovereign are clear, and I hope this is the feel-
ing of my Diocese." — MSS. in the Registry, Chester.

The Universities were known to maintain opinions not
much in accordance with those of the ruling powers, nor
was the individual character of the Sovereign such as to
conciliate the many, and Gastrell, from conviction, as
well as from disapprobation of the treatment of the Earl
of Oxford, who had been impeached of high treason and
imprisoned, stood prominently forward in the House of
Lords as the vehement advocate of those celebrated seats
of learning.

At this juncture Mr. Samuel Peploe,' the Vicar of Pres-

1 Sunnel Peploe B.D. thongh stjied hy all hk biof^t^ben D.D. a dqtrcc

I

fflT INTRODUCTION-

ton, rendered himself conspicuous by advocating the liberal
measures of the party which had displaced the Earl of
Oxford, and maintained with great zeal the succession of
the House of Hanover. He had preached and published
opinions on Religious Liberty which had damaged him in
the estimation of his Diocesan, who had felt it to be his
duty to speak and vote in his place in Parliament against
the Repeal of the Test Act, which measure had been
strongly advocated by Mr. Peploe.

During the time that the Rebels were in Preston, in
1715, the daring zeal of the Vicar for the reigning So-
vereign was the subject of general conversation, and he
daily read the prayers for the King, on one occasion even
in the presence of his Majesty's rival. It is also reported
that a rebel soldier, forgetful of his allegiance to a higher

wliich lie never obtained, being welt contented witb bis Lambetb distinction,
was bom in 1068, in Shropshire, educated at Pcnkridge School, and after-
wards a Batler of Jesus College, Osford, B.A. 1690, M.A. 1693. He
became Rector of Kcddleaton in Derbyshire, and Chaplain to John, Lord
Delnwar, and was instituted to the Vicaroge of Preston in 1700, on the
nomination of the Presbyterian Patron. In 1718 he became Warden of
Manchester, and wa« appointed sncceseor of Bishop Gastrell in the See
of Cheater, (holding bis Wardensbip, in commendam,) being consecrated
at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, April 26th 172G. Ho was twice
married, had issue, and died at Chester, Feb. 2lBt 17^2.

His early Sermons, which I have teen in MS. are characterised by that
"largeness and freedom of judgment" mentioned by Dr. Birch as a distin-
gnishing feature in what be calls " the latitudinarian divines." — Life of
Tiiloiion, p. 390. In later life Peploe appears to have avoided the road
alike to Racovia, Geneva, and Rome.

INTEODUCTiON. IT

power, once approached the Vicar during Divine Service,
and drawing his bayonet, threatened Peploe's life if he
dared to read the Prayer for the Elector of Hanover. With
an undaunted course, characteristic of the man, Peploe
replied, " Soldier, do your duty, and I will do mine ! " The
firnmess of his tone, and the dignity of liis manner, awed
the rebel, who silently retired, and the alarmed congrega-
tion proceeded with their devotions.

When this anecdote was related to George the First, he
was so much affected by the cool heroism of his Whig sup-
porter, that he exclaimed in his broken German, with consi-
derable emphasis, "Peep-low, Peep-low, by he shall

Peep-high — he shall be a Bishop!" a royal determination
punctually performed.

Before the Mitre was ready for his acceptance, however,
Peploe was nominated by the King to the Wardenship of
Manchester, vacant by the death of Dr. Wroe, on the 1st of
January 1718; and he was unfortunate enough to find the
College composed of a body of Clergy opposed to him on all
the leading topics of the day. nor was he at all likely to
meet with any sympathy from his Diocesan. The Bishop
and his Clergy were generally Tories, and Peploe stood
almost alone in the Diocese as an Erastian and a ^Vhig.

By the Statutes of the College of Manchester, the War-
den was required to be " at least" a Bachelor of Divinity,
whereas Peploe was, at this time, a Master of Arts only.
Instead of taking his Degree in the usual way at Oxford, of
which University he was a Member, he obtained from Arch-
Inshop Wake, a Uunbeth Decree of Bachelor of Divimty,

XVI INTRODUCTION.

and presented himself for institution to Bishop Gastrbll,
the Visitor of the College.'

The Bishop, however, declined to institute, on the ground
that when a Degree was required by a Charter it must be
conferred by an English University, and that a Lambeth
Degree was an honorary distinction, not qualifying the indi-
vidual who might possess it, for preferment.

Not wishing to incur the displeasure of the Minister of
the day by rejecting the Court favourite, he voluntarily
oftered his assistance to the new Warden to obtain for him
the required Degree at Oxford.

This offer was declined, and with the permission of Arch-
bishop Wake, Gastrell drew up a statement entitled " The
Bishop of Chester's Case with relation to the Wardenship of
Manchester ; in which is shewn that no other Degrees but
such as are taken in the University can be deemed legal
Qualitications for any Ecclesiastical preferment in England."

The proofs and arguments are very ingenious and exhibit
much antiquarian knowledge of the nature of Lambeth
Degrees, which had their origin long prior to the Refor-
mation in a Lcgantine power ori^nally conferred by the
Pope, and probably before the English Universities were
in existence.

Three years after Peploe's nomination to the Wardenship
the Court of King's Bench* decided that the Degrees so

' A full statcnjcnl of tliis unhappy dispute may be seen in Dr. Hibbert
Wttre'fl Biatory of the Colleginte Church of Manchester, vol. ii. 4to,
1834.

- Tlie Court of King's Beach was not applied to in the first instance, as

INTRODUCTION. XTU

conferred were of equal validity with University Degrees
in qualifying for Ecclesiastical preferment.

appears from the following letter addressed by Gfaatrell to Dr. Arthur Cbai-
lelt. Master of University College, Oxford, and dated " Chester, Sept. 7,"
although the year b not given ; but on the 13th March 1720, Mr. Shrigley,
Vtiting from Manchester to the Bishop, says, "I was glad to Gnd the Trial
deferred, and hope Sir P. E. will come the Summer Circuit He's a man of
character for leanijiig : hut here was an excellent special Jury, many of 'em
my Friends, hut I do believe the same, or a better Jury, {if possible,) may
be had hereafter." " I had foi^ot to tell y' Lordship y' we have had great
hurry with a fellow pretending to Strangways, y* great Estate given to our
Warden for ever, on y* deceaae of Mr. Reynolds, without heire; but the

fellow dare not venture. We had rods in for him, and y" Special Jury

above was for y' Cauae, which the fellow has giren notice he won't try this
AwBe" — ioiio. MSS. — LeOer*.

" Cheater, Sept 7.
"D'S', — Our cause came on at Lancaster Assizes; Mr. Page called for it
first, and was in great haste to dispatch it. A plea had been given in by
onr council! called a plea in abatement, w"" he was extremely angry at he-
fore it was argued. And was pleased to reflect upon me in a very Grosse
manner. This was in y* morning; But w° the plea was argued in the
Atlemoon his behaviour was quite altered, And was very calm and very
dvilt. However, he overruled the plea at last. And ordered a plea in chief
to be put In ivitbin a month ; So y' y* merits of the cause cannot be tried
till next Assises, w* he has threatened to be at Lancaster again. 1 am glad
the cause is put off since it must have been tried before this worthy Judge :
and after his Reflexions upon me he shall hear of them in another place.
Pray be so Kind to communicate tliis account w* my service to y* yioe-
chanc : if he be with you, and to our other friends at Oxford.

Vonr affecUonate friend and Servant,

Fkak. Ckstkkni.
" I set out from hence some time next week, and hope to see you before
Mich's.' — Ballard's U8. LOten, to), is. p. 51.

XVm INTHODUCTION.

On the termination of the trial, Gastrell, in his own
vindication, published, "for private circulation only,"' the
" Case" above referred to. It was printed in folio, pp. 52,
at the Theatre in Oxford, in 1721, and also at Cambridge
in the same year.^

An Answer appeared to this publication, entitled Consi-
derations on the English Constitution in Church and State
relating to the Lord Bishop of Chester's Case, which the
writer styles "a pamphlet lately industriously dispersed;"
and it appears from other evidence that the " Case," though
now rarely to be met with, had been " very extensively cir-
culated."

The writer styles himself "F. Bennett,"^ and dates his
pamphlet, which consists of thirty-two pages, August 12th
1721. He displays much research, and an acquaintance
with his subject, but writes in an acrimonious and abusive
spirit.

The Universities, whose rights and privileges had been

1 Dr. Hibbert Ware.

* Nichols' Lit. Anecd, vol, i. p. 139. Archdeacon Wilkins, writing from
Lambeth to Bishop Nicolsoii, March 4th 1720-1, says, "The Bishop of
Cheater has printed the Case of the Werdenship of Manchester College in
relation to the Archbishop's power of granting degrees, both in Oxford and
Cambridge ;' and without giving an opinion on its merits, adds, " I pity
poor Mr, Peploe, who is all this while kept out of his place.' — Nicotson'a
EpUt. Corr. Tol. it. p. ,537. Lord Chief Justice Eyres pronounced Gas-
trell's to be one of the best law Cases he ever saw.— Ballard's MS. Letteri,
in the Bodleian, vol. ii. p. 64.

* Nothing appears to be known of him. Dr. Hibbert Ware gives him a
wrong initial, calling him T. Bcunet.

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INTRODL'CTION. SIX

defended with such unftinching firmness, deci*eed a vote of
Thanks to the Bishop, by a Grace, on April 22d, 1721 ;'
and the same was conveyed by Dr. Waterland and Dr.
Lany.

For a man like Gastsell to find himself opposed to the
Crown and the See of Canterbury, must have been amongst
" the travails and crosses wherewith Prelacy," according to
judicious Hooker, " is never unaccompanied ;" but as he
went obviously against the popular current, and sacrificed
his few remaining prospects of advancement, he doubtless
considered himself to be acting under the influence of a
high and holy principle, — and is therefore deserving of the
respect of posterity.'

1 M&rch 22, 1720, in NicholB' LiL Aneed. vol. i. p. 138,

* The Bishop hod liis full share of anxiety and trouble from Haocheatcr.
In Dr. Hibbert Ware's Hufory of the ColUpaie. CAurch of MancheHer,
voL ii. pp. 73—1, will be fotnid an account of a misunderstanding between
the Cbaplaina and the PariHhioDerB, alluded tc in the following anonj-moQi
Letter addressed to Gastreli Mr. Richard Assheton, a zealous Tory, had
been appointed by Gaatrel! to a Chaplaincy, during the vacancy of the
Wardenship, and appears to have made himself obnoxious not only to his
Whig Parishioncre, but also to those who, like "the unknown hand," (as
the Bishop styled him,) considered themt>elvea to be moderate men ; —

"Manchester, June y" 18**, 1725.

Hy Lobd, — I do protest before the Great God of heaven that 1 wish
both joai temporal and Eternal welfare.

" My Lord, as 1 doubt not hut that the peace and welfare of the Churches
In Tour Diocess is what your Lordship haa most at hart, so my Lord, this
Comes with a Reel designe of doing good, and freely to Inform your Lord-
ship how matters stand with us at Manchester. Did you but hear the
publick Clamour of your Enemies, with the Gross RcAections against yonr

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XX INTHODUCTION.

Another remarkable proof is afforded in the ease of
Didsbur^, of the detenninatioii with which he defended
the right of the Church, and of a poor Curate, when he

person and GoTerment in the Chnrch, your Lordship would apply some
Wholesome Remody, and put a stop to this Growing Evil.

" ' What,' say they, ' are we to hove a Bishop worse than the pope, to suf-
fer such things as these T Says another Gong, ' and ie this your Bishop, to
keep out Mr. Pepio that we may fall a prey to 2 Chaplins?"

"Says another Sort, 'wo hove known my Lord protest against arhitrary
power. Sure he was hut in jest when he Can suffer this.'

" And all your freinds can say is, ' they beleife your Lordship knows no-
thing of these things, or you would not suffer it to he so.'

" My Lord, these are plain truths, and should I be 111 thought on for
acquainting your Lordship with these things I should think it hard ; and
perliaps some that pretend to be your greatest freinds will not tell you so
plainly as I do, some for fear of disohltgeing a Customer, some for one
thing, some for another.

" Now, my Lord, the Cause oF all this distraction is through our tvro
Chaplins of the ould Church, in turning a mildc Request made in favor of
tlicm, In Relation to bringing in the dead at prayer time, into a Command,
and Extorting, as is believed, unlawful Somes from people; Not people dis-
affected [o the Cliurch, and upon Esamination of the persons your Lordship
will find it so : here follows the names of a few —

"10' demanded from W" Drake Esq. not piud; 10" from M' W° Hulme,
Grocer, and paid; 1* from Thomas Somister; and the Corps Came in very
soon after prayers. Mrs. Bleak, alias Brown, of Salford, Can give your
Lordsliip such an account as 1 care not to name.

" My Lord, I shall Conclude with praying that God would Reward you for
what you have already done for the Church, and may the divine providence
Continue you a blessing to it, is the prayer of your ever obedient
Sarvent,
Neither Whig, my Lord, false Brother,

nor treacherous time Sarver.

INTRODUCTION.

supposed that the one was invaded, and the other oppres-
sed, by an opulent family. Having been informed officially,
that Rowland Moaley Esq. had fonnerly conveyed an Estate,

"My Lord, I tbink it proper at preseut to Conceal my name, but if your
Lordship please to lionour me wttb on answer, you may direct for Gerrard
Joans, to be Left at John Brown\ at tbe Talbot, Dear Salford Cbapcl, and
it will Come to mv hands." — Lane. MSS, — Letter*.

Nor were tbe proceedings at St. Anne's altogether what tbe Rector
wished, or the Bishop thought desirable, which led to the following state-
ment of the fonner, who was his Lordship's Chaplain, and dying September
8lL, 1736, was buried in St. Anne's Cbureh-yord : —

" Manchester, Jan. 21, 1723-1.

" Mr LoBD, — I suppose y' your Lordship hath or will receive from tbe
.Church -wardens of y* Nen- Church, [St Anne's,] an Account of y* differ-
ence betwixt us as to y* Disposal of y* Offertory-money. Tliat your L'dship
might be fuJIy inform'd, I thought it my Dn^, to actjuHut your L'dship
w" y* Caoe, w* is as follows. For seTenil years last past, out of y* Offer-
tory-money, w* hath not been counUd, (as I think it ought to hare been,)
I com'only have taken 3, 4, or 5 shillings to gire poor people. The
remainder y* Church- irardens take. But lately, they thinking y' I take too
much, or perhaps y' I should not take any, on last Sunday M' Lees, y* only
ChoTch-warden then present, would not allow me to lake any. We counted
all y* money, w^ was about thirty seven shilHugs, and disposed of none of
it. This Collection, I believe, was not so great as usual, bee. y* number of
Com'unicantB was not so great as at other umes. Now since we disagree,
your L'dship is to determine in what method y* offertory-money is to be
disposed of. People have been very much diaeatisfy'd as to what y* Church-
wardens bare had, so y' y* Colleclions have not been so great as otherwise
they would have been. The Bottom of all our differences and nneasincas is
UiiB. The Church is brought into Debt by very unoecevary painting about
three yean agoe ; tow^ r* Discharge of which, the Chorch- wardens would
have y" offertory-money apply 'd ; which I take to be very wrong, as well as
y* buying therewith tome time agoe by M' Lee«, without consent of liis

XXU INTRODUCTION.

in fee, for the use of the IncumbeDt of Didsbury, for the
time being, and that the same had been diverted from its
prescribed purpose, and selfishly appropriated by the family
of Sir John Bland M.P. (who had married the heiress of the
Mosley's.) his Lordship immediately intimated his intention of
closely investigating the matter, regardless of all considera-
tions, and fully aware of the weight and influence of the
parties implicated; who were not less conspicuous in the
Diocese on account of their large possessions, family con-
nections, and fashionable accomplishments, than for their
unbounded affection and liberality towards the Church.

"My duty is obvious," says the Bishop to Mr. William
Shrigley of Manchester, a Lawyer of some eminence in his
day, with whom the Bishop corresponded, " and though dis-
agreeable, shall be performed ;" and the Lawyer assured his

Brother Cli'-warden, or miue, a dozen of Com'on prayer books, for y' use
of y" Congregation, which cost above four pounds. M' Shrigley lately men-
tioned to me another expedient toward getting y* Church out of Debt, viz.
a Com'ission from your L'dship to apply part of y" Incomes of y Rector and
Curate to y' purpose ; which thfl (as I suppose,) impracticable, yet ehew'd
his good-will to us. 1 am afraid matters will never be easy and as they
should be amongst us, till one thing bo altered, which I care not to mention
without leave, lest I should be thought to pretend to direct your Lordship.
1 am sorry and ashamed, y* I am forced to give your L'dship this Trouble,
for which I humbly ask your L'dship's pardon, and am,
_ My Lord,
Your Lordship's most dutiful and

most humble Servant,

Nath. Bannb,"
Lane. MSS. — Letters.

iNTiu)DucnoN. xnu

Lordship that there were no family records in which the
Ogree Lands, (those in dispute,) were mentioned, and that
Mr. Broome, Sir John Bland's Steward, had searched in
vain for information on the subject of the title. The Bi-
shop reasonably enough inferred that this absence of proof
strengthened the presumptive chim of the Curate, and
roundly intimated that such was his deliberate opinion.

This being communicated to Lady Bland, then a widow,
she undertook to address the Bishop as follows : —

"Hubne, Jn}y22, 1720.

"Mt Lord, — I was very much surprised when M' Shrigley
shewed me your Lordsbip'i Letter, aod am sony th&t M' Wright
hath so much imposed apon jon ; for I do assure your Lordn* that
M' Wright never came to Didsbury by my XominadoD, or Appro-
bation, but was sent by M' Leicester, in his iUoess (when I wu at
Londoo) to Officiate there: and after M' Leicester's Death con-
tinued K>me time there, because I had a Relation (who 1 thoo^t
that would hare qnalified himself for y* Place,) and I designed to
hare ^TCQ it to him. I am much concerned that your Lordv
abonld hare so ill an opinion of me, or my Dear Hosband S' John
Bland, that we should wrong the Church of any thing that belongs
to it. The whole Affair is too long to trouble your Lordr with, so
leave my Conaen Bland to acquaint yon therewith; and W yon
have beard the matter, I hope your L^ is so just, that yon will
withdraw the Licence you hare given to a Man who hath not told
joD dte troth, and hath abuMd her who ia.

My Lord,
¥' Latdab^s moat Obedient and
most humbk Servant,

Aisii Blajto."

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INTRODUCTION.

1

On the 24th of July, Mr. Adam Bland, (himself a Law-
yer, and married to one of the daughters and coheiresses of
Edward Chetham of Smedley Esq. commonly called " l-aw-
yer Chetham,") informed the Bishop that he had at length
discovered an Indenture dated the 12th of August in the
4th Jac. from which it appeared that Rowland Mosley of
Hough Hall Esq. had "Leased a messuage in Didsbury for
the term of fourscore years, to commence from the death of
one Pickering, for the use of the Parson or Curate offi-
ciating at Didshury, by the liking and consent of the said
Rowland Mosley, and his heirs and assigns :" ' and Lady
Bland wrote on the same day acknowledging the Bishop's
favour on another subject which had become litigated.'

' Shrigley afterwards wrote to the Bisliop — "To shew your Lordship
that the Parsoii has aomo just reafion of complaint, Pickering was bom in
1586, and the Lease was made in 1606, when he was 20 years old. He
went out of the kingdom for Ireland ahout 1630, and supposing that he
died at that time, which is without proof, the term expired but in 1710,
and the rent has heen kept baek years heyond that, (from 16SU ;) but this
maji's death requires further enquiry, and so does the Ogree, for many rea-
sons. In short, my Lord, hum Uiis , but insist on seeing the Writings,"

The Letters of Mr. Thomas Wright, Incumbent of Didsbury, addressed to
the Bishop on the subject, confirm Shrigley 's statements, and reflect little
credit upon Mr. Broome and Lady Bland's partisans. — Lane. MSS. — Letlen.
^"July 24, 1720.

" My LoBB, — I must own your Lordship's great Favour in withdrawing
your Licence from M" Wright, till you are fully satisfied in my Tytle to
present to Didsbury. The Bearer, M' Dale, was recommended to me by
SuhstsntioU People, aud those whom I call the honest side, which with
y' eonveniency of liis being so near Didsbury, made me first nominate him ;
but if your L^ has any perticniar objeetion against him, (as I innocently

INTRODUCTION. XXV

One point after another was thus brought incidentally
to light, and the whole question not being fully exhibited
these partial disclosures were deemed unsatisfactory by the
Bishop. His apprehensions were excited by the insinu-
ations of Shrigley, and he probably exaggerated the impor-
tance of this gradual admission of facts, and unfortunately
interpreted it as tantamount to a virtual acknowledgment
of a bad cause. Shrigley communicated to his Lordship
that Lady Bland was deeply mortified on having been in-
formed by Mr. Dale (the Curate) that his Lordship had
harshly or rashly stated that he did not know whether she
and Mr. Dale might not contrive together to defraud the
Church of its rights, and that his duty and determination,
as the Diocesan, was to defend these rights against all equi-
vocal friends. As this was merely the report of a conver-
sation there might be some misapprehension of the Bishop's
meaning on the part of Mr. Dale.

d hiin,) I tliaU find out aootfaer, (so as to mtc mv own rigbt,) who
I bope four Lord* will IlceDce to officiate doriDg thia ilispaCe. I cannot
forbear acquaintiDg vonr Lord* that seienU of mv most eubstajitiall Te-
nants came to mc on fridaj last, to acquuut me how I wot tfareat'iiod
by M' Wright ; ibey also told mc that y* Conunnnicanta are very much
increued, and the Congregation more nnmeroiu, since H' Dale came
amongst them, and that be i« very acceptable to them. I Bball leare the
Law part to my Coiuen Bland, and iobmit to y" Lord" Jadgem* and me-
ibod, bow U> tecore my right of Nomination for y* fatnre, being.
My Lord,
y Lordi^ most Obe^ent and

Obliged hnmble Serraai,

Airs Blaks.*

XXVI I NTRODL'CTION,

On tho Cth of August Ludy Bland wrote as follows : —
"Hulme, Aug. &\ 1720.

" Mv Lord, — 1 had the favour of both your Lordr'" Letters, the
first came 3 dajes after date, the other was five before I got it,
but was not brought by M' Wright; and before I received them,
I had provided one to preach at Didsbtiry on Sunday, y* 31'' of
July : uot imagining y' L'^sp had granted a License to M^ Wright,
after your Orders given to Cousen Bland to have M' Shrigley
return y" License. It is the greatest concern to me imaginable,
that my dear S' John's Memory shou'd be so aspersed, whereas
no man had more regard for the Rights of y* Church, nor more
conscientious and generous than he was : I am less concerned for
what is said of my self, since those who are best acquainted with
me (and are not prejudiced,) know I am not guilty of what M'
Wright has laid to my charge; I do assure y' L''p the dislike I
have of liim is not grounded upon fancy or humour, but on a deli-
berate knowledge of liia ill qualities, and for his neglecting his
Duty, when he was formerly employed to preach at Didsbury, and
liad no other Chappell to preach at, as he now lias.

As to the Particulars mentioned in your h^^'s first Letter, to
have been taken by our Family, from y" Curates of Didsbury, I
fear your information came from some Ignorant, or ill designing
Persons; for the House called the Parsonage house, and the land
belonging to it, was (as Cousen Bland informed you,) given for a
term of years only, which I apprehend is expired : nay, whdst y"
estate continued, it was so long only as the Curates should remain
there, with y" consent and approbation of y^ family. And the 3'
a year given by S' Edward Jloslcy, my Father, was also given for
a term of years also, w^^i is ended. And y" Close called y= Ogre,
which belongs to my Son, S^ John Bland, appears to have been
given during the will and pleasure of y^ giver. And I and my
Son are resolved to support our respective Bights to y" said parti-

INTRODUCTION.

culars, against r" groundless pretences that M' Wright, or others,
may raise to themselves.

Ab to the right of Nomination, upon the inquiry vbich I have
hitherto made, there is great reason to believe it in the Family ;
however, till it be more perfectly loolc'd into, I shall be well satis-
fied if your Lordship (as y" was pleased to promise in y' first
letter,) license a Person agreeable to me to officiate, until] y* right
of Nomination be settled : I have proposed it to M' Cattell, who
cannot accept of it, it being inconvenient to him, and there is no
other at present I can find out but M' Dale; who I know is very
acceptable to y* inhabitants of y^ Chapcllry ; and who by his good
preaching, diligence, good life and conversation, is agreeable to
me : but I submitt to y' LordP"' Judgement, and am,
Y^ Lordship's

most Obedient and

Most humble Serv',

Am.v Bland.

J beleevc y L^sp was not told y' my dear S' John gaTC Iff s
year to y« Chappell of Didsbury w" he took y land into hia own
hands; which I have continued to pay half yearly, tho' not obliged
to do it."

The dispute, however, remained uDdetermined, and the
Bishop dissatisfied probablj during the whole of his Epis-
copate, and Tarious proceedings of an uninteresting descrip-
tion arose out of it. On the 3d of July 1 722, the Opinion
of Nicholas Fazakerley Elsq. the Lawyer, was taken upon an
w parte Case drawn up by Mr. Broome, which being adverse
to the Curate was luisatisfactor^ to the Bishop ; who again
expressed bis determination to relinquish no right belonging
to the Church, and his intention to tirge Lady Bland to
abandon, not only her questionable poseeseion of the goods

IKTBODUCTION.

of the Sanctuary, but also those individuals whom he really
considered to be her "ill advisers." He courteously ad-
mitted that he did not question her fidelity to the Church,
of which he acknowledged that she had already furnished
ample proof; but he more than questioned her right to cer-
tain arrears of rent, and grievously disturbed her Ladyship's
tranquillity of temper by requiring the production of her
Title to the Advowson of Didsbury.

On Nov. 4th 1723, concei\'ing that Gastrell had pushed
the demands of the Church so far as to render conciliation
iraposable. Lady Bland addressed the following letter to Mr,
John Starky of Rochdale, who had been professionally em-
ployed, and its curt and sententious style, hardly to be recon-
ciled with the common notions of Christian Charity, will
remind the reader of the indignant letter of Anne, Countess
of Pembroke, Dorset, and Montgomery, in reply to an
electioneering application from the Court of Charles the
Second : —

" Hulme, Nov''" i'^, 1723.

" S', — I received yours of Oct'*'' 28"", and all the Answer I ean
give is, that I have spared neither Cost nor Paines to Satisfy the
Bishop of Chester, (and also my self,) that the Chapel of Dides-
bury liatli had no wrong done either by me, or y'^ Family before
me, but the quite contrary ; which I am fully satisfied of, and can
make it plainly Hfipcar : therefore I will neither accompt for the
mean Profitta, nor give 200' for obtaining y* Bounty money: so
the Bishop may take his own Method. I am, S',

Your humble Servant,

Ann Blanp."

INTRODUCTION. Xxix

An equitable arrangement might have prevented the
unhappy contention, delay, and expense, which this case
involved, but neither party evinced the slightest symptom
of hesitation in the course each pursued. The Bishop, with
the most honest intentions, prosecuted his suit with rather
more vigour than the occasion warranted ; and the Lady,
acting under the guidance of " Cousen Bland" and Mr.
Broome, unwisely declined assenting to Mr. Shrigley's pro-
position that the proceeds of the Estate in question might,
from a certain period, be reasonably required by the Bishop,
on behalf of the Church.

Bishop Gastbell was active and zealous in his Diocese,
and the high value which he placed on the personal cha-
racter of his Clei^ is seen throughout his lengthened
Correspondence Ttith his excellent Secretary, Dr. William
Stratford. This Correspondence is too miscellaneous and
general to admit of publication in this place, — but it dis-
plays the Prelate, the Churchman, and the Friend, in the
best points of view. He took unusual p^ns to secure able
and laborious Clergymen, especially, as he said, for the
larger Parishes, and steadily refused the solicitations of the
higher Clergy when he considered that they interfered with
the general welfare of the Church. He ministered disci-
pline firmly, sometimes through the agency of others, but
always reasonably. He intimated his intention of vigorously
punishing a lay delinquent of high standing, and watched,
with feelings of no common solicitude, the supposed exer-
cise of corrupt patronage. He evinced his paternal regard
for the destitute families of several poor Clergjmea; and

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XXX INTKODUCTION.

absence from Chester did not chill his interest in the pro-
gress of a Subscription for the Charity Schools, lie had
pleasure in relinquishing a year's Income from the Arch-
deaconry of Richmond, in favour of his new Commissary,
and expended large sums upon his humble Palace and the
Houses belonging to the See. In 1721 he gave £100 to-
wards augmenting the Vicarage of Mottram in Cheshire ;
in 1722. £100 to the Curacy of Staveloy in Westmoreland;
in 1723, £100 to the Curacy of Horwieh in Lancashire;
and on renewing the Lease of the Rectory of Chipping,
took a less Fine than he was entitled to on condition that
the Vicar's stipend should be increased. Unlike ordinary
scholars, he was a man who had studied, if not political, at
least domestic economy, and had some coinracndable regard
to household prudence, expenditure, and management.'

He was one of the most uncompromising and formidable
opponents of the Ministry of George the First, and his
" Protests" entered on the Rolls of the House of Lords indi-
cate his somewhat liberal and comprehensive views on all
the leading political topics of the day.^

1 "Feb. 12, 1718. The first Brewing may be according to die usual pro-
portion, but let the next be all small beer; with 7 bushels only o the 2
Hogehowis, w* is full strong enough, w" it's not to keep above 2 months," —
SUhop Gattrell to hU Secretary.

"Feb. 27, 1710. You may Order a Brewing before you go to Oxford."—
Bithop Gastrell to his Secretary.

* 1715. Aug. 18, be recorded his protest against the Act for Uie At-
tainder of Henry, Viscount Bolinebroke, and James, DuVe of Ormonde, for
High Treason, on the ground that they were out of the liingdom when
impeached, and had received no notice of any charge brought against them.

INTKODUCTION. XXXI

I only find two members of his tamily preferred by hini

1716. April nth, he recorded his protest against the Septeamal Act,
being in larour of short and free PurlJEiinente.

1717. April 30th, he recorded hie protest agunat a Cenaure of the
University and City of Oxford by a Committee of the Home of Lords, on
neglectiiig to make public reJoiciDgs on the Prince of Wales' birth-day, on
the ground that it ret3e«tcd upon all the Heads mid Members of the Uoi-
TBTWty and City, withoQt allowing them any opportunity of reply, and that
they had no precedent for such rejoicings.

1717-18. Feb. 20th, he recorded his protest against the Act for Pun-
ishing Mutiny and Desertion, on the ground of its being an exercise of
martial law in time of peace, and gainst the liberty of the subject.

1717-18. Feb. S4th. he recorded his protest against a similar Act and
for the better PaiTncnt of the Army, on the ground of being opposed to the
expcnce of a large military force in time of pcsM;e.

1717—18. March 8lh, he recorded his protest against the Act for rv-
building the Cliurcb of St. Giles in the Fields, instead of one of the fifty
new Churches, on the grounds of defeating the end of two Acts of Par^a-
ment, and of the Bill being introduced without the royal permission. At
liie same time, he recorded his protest sgunst the words "of pious me-
mory" being refosed insertion in the Act, after the words "Queen Anne."

1721. Not. SOth, he recorded his protest against the refusal of tlie
House to Address the King for an Order to lay before the House tbc
Treaty of Commerce with Spain, on the ground that the Treaty had been
twice mentioned in the King's speeches to the Houses of Pariiunent.

1721. Dec 5th, be recorded bis protest agsinst llie refossl of tbe
House to consider the Causes of IncrcMiDg tbe Hny Debt, on the groand
of being opposed to employing greater numbers of scuoen than were pro-
vided for by IWiamcot.

1721. Dec. 6tb, he recorded his protest against tbe rejection of a Peti-
tioo from the Ci^ of London praying to be heard by Council in relation to
dw Qt"pIp" Act, on the ground that the liber^ of petitioning the King
(ntber tfasB Pafianent) is the birth-right of Englishmen, and that the Ci^
o fpiy tot relief apjost cerlaiD cla use s in tbe Act

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XXXll INTRODUCTION.

during the whole of his Episcopate. In 1719 he gave a

1731. Dec. 13th, he recorded hia protest against the refusal of leave to
bring in a Bill on the above subject.

1721. Dec. I9th, he recorded his protest against the refusal of an Ad-
dress to ibe King to give orders that tbe Instmctions given to Sir George
Byngi Viscouat Torrington, in relation to the Action against the Spanish
Fleet, in the Mediterranean, be laid before the House, on the ground that
each a refusal was never before made ; that Commerce hod been en-
tirely intermpted with Spain, and that tbe War was injurious to Brilisli
interests.

1721. Dec. 21st, he recorded his protest against the Act for punishing
Mutiny and Desertion, &c., on the ground of being opposed to keeping up
B. large standing army, and of thiis overthrowing tbe civil power.

1721-2. Jan. IStb, bo recorded bis protest against tbe Act for relieving
Quakers from Oaths, and substituting Atiirmations, on the ground that
tbey who reject tbe two Sacraments of Christ, were unworthy of the
name of Christians, &c.

1721~2. Jan. 25th, be recorded his protest against the Order of tlie Day
for refusing to consider tbe Causes of contracting so large a Navy Debt.

1721-2. Feb. 3d, he recorded bis protest against a negatived motion te
adjourn the House on account of tbe Lord Chancellor having unreasonably
absented himself from it and detained the Peers, in his attendance on the
King, at St. James', on the ground that it was a gross insult to tbe autho-
rity of that Supreme Council.

1721-2. Feb. 13th, he recorded his protest against tbe rejection of a
Bill for securing the Freedom of Election of Members to serve in the Com-
mons' House of Parliament, on the ground of Bribery and Corruption ;
which required a Parliameutary remedy, especially in the forbidding of pub-
lic money being issued towards inflaencmg Elections. Eleven arguments
are recorded.

1721-2. Feb. 19tb, ho recorded bis protest against an Order that the
above arguments should be expunged from the Rolls, on the ground that
they were agreeable to the precedents and forms of the House.

1721-2. Feb. litth, be recorded bis protest against an Order that the

INTKODUCTION. XXXUl

Stall, which had lapsed to him, to the Rev. John Maple-

considcradon of the NdtsI Debt sboujd take place in three weeks, on the
ground of delay to ohstnici enquiry.

1T21~2. Feb. 20th, he recorded his protest against a negatived motion
to take into consideratioD the statf of the National Debt, on the ground of
excessive increase of the Debt.

1721-2. Feb. 20cb, he recorded his protest against a negatived morion
tiiat the annual lessening of the Pablic Debt is necessary to restore and
preserre Public Credit, on the ground of its undeniable truth.

1721-2. March 3d, he recorded bis protest against making it a standing
Order of the House that the time for eoteriug ProteslaQons should be
limited, and the Order of the year 1611 Euperseded, od the gramid of
rigotionsly restncting a public right " vhich had not of late been aboaed.'

1721-2. March 3d, he recorded his protest against the Protettadoiu of
the 19ih and 20tb of February being expunged &om the BoHs, on the
groimd that thev were (natters of fact.

1721—8. Manh 5ih, be recorded hi* protest against the expungic^ of
llw BeMOM B the Proteitnioai; CDtered oa the ISth of January, on the

1722. Oct Uth, be recorded his protest against a Bill to empower tlw
King to secure and detain penoiM •n^>ected of conspiring against his Per-
sra and GoTermnent, and to contiuoe in force nntJ Aug. 24tb 1723, on the

gimmd that it was an ■ wij innsoD of the Liberty of the Subject

md of die HiibcM C(«poB Act.

17tt. Oct. HA, be icoxded Us pntaM a^iiut an applntiaa ftr the
*"-'■■-' of Thonaaa, Dnke of Norfolk, oa ■Hpiesoo flf TrcMon, «« Ae
poond tfcat il was eoatnrj to tbe hivflegea of lite Qoaw ■■ ""■g,™— J ■
in ftrt jnst ji— iril

1722-3. Jan. 21st, be rc«arded fail pmceM sftwael llie payimiea, hf
Ifce Jodgcs of the Kiss's Beach, of lite Trial of Ckmurfiter Laytr Ei^ ftr

CoMf»My, oa the posnd that i mi j wmA ■meiiiuM dckj had laltca

fbcBMee the trial, with t^o

fe brt

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XXXI V INTBODLCTION.

toft,' his wife's brother; and in 1721 he appointed his

1722-3, Fob. letli, lie recorded his protest against the Amendments
made to a Bill for Increasing the Army, on the ground that a large standing
army in lime of peace was unnecessary, and calculated to thange a limited,
into an absolute Monarchy; nor was any danger to be apprehended from
the treasonable Conspiracy discoA'ered eiglit months berore, as the Crowii
already possessed sufficient power to suppress rebellion.

1723. April 29th, he recorded his protest against the Bill for the At-
tainder of John Plunkett Esq. for Treason, on the ground that the preser-
Tation of the State did not require it ; and that the Bill being brought in to
supply defects in eridenee, tended to supersede the judicial power of the
Lords, and also the Trial by Jury.

1723. May 2d, he recorded hia protest against the Bill for the Attainder
of George Kelly, an agent of Atterbury's, on the ground of proof of the Pri-
soner's defence being refused.

172.1. May 7th, he recorded his protest against the Opinion of the
House ill Atterbury's Case, that it was unnecessary to suffer any further
Inquiry to be made respecting Warrants granted by the Secretaries of State
to intercept Letters at the Post-Oftiee, on the ground that in all Criminal
Proceedings, the crosi-cxamiiiation of witnesses is necessary for the Defence
of the Priaoncr, and for the satisfaction of the Judge, — otherwise fraudu-
lent evidence may be offered.

1723. May 15th, he recorded his protest against the Bill to inflict Pains
and Penalties on Attcrbury, Bishop of Rochester, on the grounds that by it
a Peer of Parliament is in part tried and adjudged to punishment by the
House of ComroonB, and the right of Peers thereby infringed; that the
Commons hod condemned the Bishop, by Impeachment, before tlio Bill hod
been brought before them ; that the ordinary niles of evidence hod been
violated, and that the proof of the charge was defective.

1723-4. March Iflth, he recorded hia protest against an Act for the
better payment of the Army, on the ground of danger to the Constitution
in keeping a large army in time of peace, (the necessity of four thousand
men being added to the army existing no longer, the Conspiracy being at an
end,) and the expense burdensome to the country.

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INTRODUCTION. XXXT

nephew, Peregrine Gastrell Esq. Chancellor of the Diocese.*

1725. April 13th, he recorded his protest against a Bill for regulating
Elections within the City of London, on the groubd that it did not suffi-
cientlr preserve the ancient rights and liberties of the citisens.

' The Rev. John Mapleloft was the second son of the Rct. Dr. Maple-
toft, the Greshom Professor, and of liis wife Rebecca, daaghter of Lncy
Knightleif Esq. of the Fawslcy family. He was Fellow of Pembroke
College, Cambridge, B.A. 170B, M.A. 1710, Vice-Dean and Prebendary of
Chester, Vicar of Xeston, and Rector of West Kirkby. He married
Barbara, daughter of Francis Godolphia (ancestor of the first Earb of
Oodolphin) of Sparger in CorawaJl Eiq. His Will u dated Chester, Hay
20th 1761, (proved Aug. 26th 1762.) wherein he desires that his body
may be decently interred in St. Mary's Chapel, belonging to the Cathedral,
and he bequeaths £25, to be distfibnted at tbe discretion of his Execnton,
" amongst the Widows and Children of Clergymen who are members of the
said Cathedral and proper objects of Charity.' He only names his wife,
(who died in Jane 1762,) and daughters Barbara, (who died tmrnanied in
Jaonary 1794.) and Susanna, (who also died onmarried in March 1795.)
He bad, however, two sona, one of wliom lefl issue, a son, Henry Maple-
toft, Ihing b Dublin m 1T«9, — Jtf5. PeJ. Coll. Arm.

' Per^rine Gastrell Em). LL.B. succeeded lo the family Estate at SlapMB,
was appcHiUed Chancellor of Chester in 1721, and dying intestate in 1748,
administration of bis effects wad granted lo lus two sons, Edward Peregrine
OastreD of Chester Eaq. and the Bev. Frntda Gaatrejl U.A. Rector of

hwUiaiii. The former son manied Eltsabetb, dangler of Baren*'

croft of BckhQl in tbe comitj of DeDbtgfi Est), and died in 1772, leaving
jane m only no, Edward Gastrell Baq. who died onmanied, and mteatale,
in I7M, who hk ado sbter, Fimccs, wife of WDliom Orford of Cbetter
OeM. anaceedcd la lk« BsttUs "hsviag named vklwat dw frivi^ or «(»-
am t4 htr fatker, and M « pcnea wbaoi he ww tnlocBad, nd beBned,
bad il Bo4 m his ptwOT » tmkt a fnn mm Sot her.' Ac died widMMt
iMoe B October 1812. aad was hafied "ia has ftailj favMl plan ia St.
Maiy's Clwpel,- aad desked by WiU £400 br her fiaketal e^eaaesu Rtt
■Mk. the Ber. FrMdi UMtrdl. BcetM «r rradAam, WM of CU« Chmh,

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XXXVl INTRODUCTION.

Ilis Opposition to Warden Peploe was scarcely subsided
when he had another painful public duty to perform, in the
affair of Bishop Atterbury, who had been committed to the
Tower on a chaise of Treason. Gastrell was the only
Prelate who defended his old friend and school-fellow in the
House of Lords, and indignantly deprecated the unseemly
haste of the Government proceedings. That he was sincere
in his eloquent vindication of Atterbury, and considered
him unjustly suspected and injuriously treated by the Go-
vernment, admits of no question; although it is equally
clear that during hLs exile, as well as whilst in England, the
Bishop of Rochester entered into the secret plots and in-
trigues of the House of Stuart.

When Dr. John Colbatch, the friend of Atterbury, and
the opponent of Dr. Bentley, was in difficulties with the
leading powers of the State, owing to some oftensive pas-
sages in his Jus Academicum, the only Bishops who inter-
Oxford, M.A. 1728, inUitutcd to his Living in 1740, and died in 1772,
liaving married Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Aston of Aston in the county
of Chester Burt, by whom be had no laaue. This lady left by Will £lOO
to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, £100 to the Society for
Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and in 1774 settled a good Estate
in FrodshaiD Parish upon the Vicar for the time being, charging it with
£W U year to the Warrington Society for the Relief of the Widows and
Orphans of Poor Clergjinen in the Archdeaconry of Chester. Mrs. Gas-
trell ond her husband have obtained an nnhappy fame owing to New-
Place having been destroyed, and Shakspeare's niulberry-trce cut down,
whilst in their possession. — See Qent.'t Mag. rnl. Isi. p. 113!l, vol. Iiii.
p. 18, vol. IxjtiK. p. 1126, vol. Isxx. p. 101; Malone's Shnitpfnre, vol. i.
p. lis. J7W.

INTRODUCTION'. XX.Wll

ested themselves in his favour were. Sir William Dawes, the
Archbishop of York, and Bishop Gastreix; but being
Tories, they possessed no influence, and their chief merit
consisted in their enlightened advocacy of the great prin-
ciple of Christian CharitT.

Id 1725 Gastbell published, anonvmously, his Moral
Proof of the Certainiy of a Future State ; and mentions
in the Pre&ce that a few copies bad been printed aboQt
seven years before, and communicated only to some parti-
cular friends of the Author, without any intention, at that
time, of making the work more public. In allnaon to this
work, Atterbury writes to his son-in-law, Mr. Morioe, " Feb.
14, 1 728, Bishop Gastrell's book has never reached me ; asA
yet I have the greatest desire to read it. Pray renture
another by a surer haod."

He survived the appearance of tfats useful and elegantly
written work only a few wedkS. The Gout, from which be
had k>i^ safifered, as appears by the frequent allasioos to it
in his Letters to his Secretary, terminated his existence on
the 24th of Xorember 1725, in which year he had held hts
TVienoial Vistation of his Diocese,^ and had consecrated
three new Cknrcfaes. It has been elaevliere stated that hit

l^faMlywwiiaMahotmUMcaeiiiiitillj ■ fe» «wi «.6«t: —

-ll*f. 15.
"BmohbJSk, — I fad mnM «b* n y » tSm^j ■■ <iVe« lorm^pxtrf
mj kt laMcr f 1 1^\ Td «* aMnv t* p«e j* wS aM ae n^ qps.
Tfe 4ai^ *«■ «e ^« to M^cat dw hkrm% nl . I Mb !■ W i»

XXXVUt INTRODUCTION.

Lordship died of the Palsy, on the 14th of that month, but
neither date accords with that on his Monument ; it is, how-
ever, certain that he died of the Gout, which Goldsmith,
in his famous description of a Visitation Dinner, has pro-
nounced to be, " time out of mind, a Clerical disorder,"

any thoughts of doing wrong either to church or poor, I have no manneT
of scruple y' ah' hinder me from Doing all I could to promote y* Augmeu-
tation intended, and 1 resolved to doe It as soon aa it came regularly before
the Govemours ; but you seem not to he acquainted w"* the method used at
that board. Whether the Return from y" Bishop's commissioners be made
or not, the OoTemourg will take no manner of notice of It till a proposal]
foi' the augmentation be made to them under Hand and Seal, (as you will
800 by y" enclosed Rules.) W° the proposall is made the Judges and other
Lawyers among the Governours will probably Be nalied their opinion whe-
ther the Trustees having all along applied the profits mentioned In y' Trust
to this Living, are not obliged to apply them soe constantly. This is a
question y' I Hha!! not suggest to them; but certainly 'tis proper for any
one who intends to procure such an augmentation as is proposed, to know
before-hand w' objections may be made to it. You see plainly by this
account of the matter y' y* thing cannot be determined Quickly; and I
designed to have discoursed It more fully over w"" you w° I called at
Fawsely after my visitation was over, as 1 still design, w" y' leave, to doe.
W I mentioned to you in y* postscript was only by way of information
in a matter w* might some way or other concern you. All y question in
D" Commons was (as 1 told you) whether a codicill to a former will
sh' stand good : 'tis adjudged since Against y' codicilJ, by w'' Judgment my
Lady Kilmurrcy comes into the whole residue of my Aunt's estate, w'ever
it was. But whether the estate be chargeable w* y* money devised in
y* codicill cannot be determined in y' Civill Law-courts. And whether
that money will ever bo demanded, or is receivable, if it be, is w' I know
nothing of: but since my acquainting you w"" a matter of fact in w'' vou
might possibly be concerned, in pure rospeet to you, has given vim a handle
K> nak for y" money you was » kind as to lend mc, I lake this opportunity

INTEODUCTION. XXXIX

although one little known amongst the Clergy of Gasthell's
Diocese.

The Bishop died at his Canon's Lodgings in Oxford, and
was buried in Christ Church Cathedral, without any mo-
nument; but, as Browne Willis observed, (who probably
wrote the short article on Gasteell, in the Biograpkia
Briiannica,) he left a sufficient monument of himself in hi«
eatcellent writings, — and his virtues are far from being yet
foi^tten.

Although many years passed away before a Monument
was erected to his memory, yet, after the death of his
widow, "his praises were veiled in the decent obscurity of
a learned language" on a marble on the North side of the
Cathedral of Christ Church, Ojdbrd :—

"Fkaxcibccs Gastkkll S. T. P.

EpiBCopua Cestrieusis

Vir ingenii vividi

Animi int^errimi

Coi nibil ent prioa quam libere Bentire et £m

Non BHanmi lecatiu restigU

fatletjoakBovtlMt 1 iball be mdj to p« j aome pan of the priDdpall next
month, w" I pKjr » Mcood jrew'i iotenM ; uhI 7* remainder thall be paid
ia w%Bi hklf a jear, or ■oooer, if f e qair cd.

■*! bare alwan bad a Mocere nprd Cor;' Faailj, and bare endeavoaed
Id aerte k to j* UCmett <^mj power, aoj AtU eonlintie aoe to im^ m iwfc
■ wanTr aa I aa etrtaiiily infcM eJ wiU be aeeeiMdife, ami do odicr.
I—.
rMrebl«edai

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xl INTRODUCTION.

Sed suOj ut plurimuin, penu fretus

Omnes vires, omnia sua studia

Ad Christianam Religionem conftrmaudam et promovendam

potissimuin inteudit

lu argumentis invenieudis sagax

In dispoucndis aptus

QuEe acute cxcogitaWt

Verbis dilucide exprcasit

Non sine vi quadam et vehementia

Qiue in scriptis stepc, in congressu seepius emicuit

Facile ut intelligi posait

Nihil eum aliis auadcre

Quod ipse non habcat persuassimum

Ob vindicata Academiarum jura

Ab earum utraquc

Nee non & multis Cleri conventibus

Qratias publicis Uteris tcstatas accepit

E Collegio Westmonasteriensi cvocatas

Hujus ^dis Alumnus

Ejusdem deindc Canonicus fuit.

Obiit Anno ^tat. 60, Dom. 1725, 15 Nov.

In hoc etiam sacello

atque eodem tumulo conduntur cincres

Elizabeths dilectisaimee ejus uxoris

Quae obiit 31 Jan. 1761."

Arms — Sec of Chester ; Impaling, Chccque, Argent and Sable,

on a Chief Or, three Bucks' heoda couped of the last.
On the Pavement, on a white marble of a diamond figure —
"Hie jacent
Fbancis Gastrell S, T. P,

Episcopus Cestriensis
Et Elizabktha Uxor ejus :

INTRODUCTION. Ul

Adi manuor sepolchrale
in adverso hujus Sacelli latere
PoBitum."
Gutch'B Contin. of Wood's HUt of Oxford, vol. iii. p. 498.

The Bishop's Will, which is very brief, is dated Jan. 2d
1723 - 4, and he desires, if he should die at Chester, to be
buried there, but if at any other place, then as near bis
dear child' as possible, at Christ Church, Oxford. He ^ves

1 Archdeacon Stretfonl, io a letter to bis coubiq, Qastrell's Secretary,

dated Dec. 5, 1716, says, "youre good Bishop has lost his only hod by the

small poi." A mouumeDt was erected to tiis memory in Clirist Church

Cathedral, tritb an inscription, by his grandfather. Dr. Mapletoft. —

"M.S.

Fffilici pifeque roemoriie

RoBBBTi Gasthbll

Admodum Revcrendi FaANciKi

Episcopi Ccstricnsis et liuja*

EcciesiR Canon id

Filii unici

Pueruli Deo, suiaqae mento perchari

Optimteqne in Optimis, Cteleste

scilicet rcfnuin spectontibus, *pei

Qui placide in Domino ubdormint

Et ab Angelis in Abrahomi Greminm

Ablatus eat 5** Decembrii

An. D. 1716, Mt. nw 13" camnilc

Non periit, eed pneiTh

Dilectiwimo Nepoti Anu

Inficem dilectaa poaoit

OtatuUbnDdo quain

HHmtti promor."

XIH INTRODUCTION.

all his Estate, real aud personal, to his wife, desiring her to
be kind to the children of his nephew Gastrell, Chancellor
of Chester. He did not appoint an Executor, and on the
26th of November 1725, administration, with Will annexed,
was granted by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury to
Elizabeth Gastrell, his widow.

"A half length Portrait of Francis Gasthell, W.[est-
minstcr,] Stud. D.D. Canon, Bishop of Chester, ob. 1725,
by Dahll, in his Episcopal habit," was placed on the w^ns-
cot, on the North side of the Hall of Christ Church, Oxford.
His distinguished friend the Earl of Oxford, whom he sur-
vived little more than a year, had this Portrait engraved by
Vertue, in his best style, under which are these lines : —
" Reverendus admodum in Christo Pater
FuANCiBCua Gastrell, Episcopua Cestriensis S. T. P.
ex ^de Cliristi in Academia Oxon.
nee Cautabrigiensi minua interim chams
quippe qui utriusq,. jura egregje tuebatur
Veri talis semper
iudagator sagacissimus
Vindcs acerrimus."
The writer of this inscription appears to have had in his

Oil a GrnvcBtone, —

" H. S. E.

ROBHKTUB GaSTBELL

Puer optimffi spei

obiit Dec. 5, An. D. 1716

-V.t. decimo tcrtio

Ciirrente."

Gu(«li'8 Con. Anf. Wood, vol iri. jj, 494.

INTRODUCTION. xllfi

eye Dr. Hody's vow as a controversialist, which Mr. Boyle
quoted with so much piquant huraoar, "for Bentley's benefit
and Hody's honour," in the celebrated controversy.

At the time the Portrait was painted the Bishop seems
to have been about sixty. He wears the large curled wig of
his day, and the Episcopal habit. His features are regular
and massive — his forehead high and ample — his eyes large,
intelligent, and piercing — his nose somewhat thick and
cartilaginous, which is said to be characteristic of the
English feature of this class, — and his lips full and expres-
sive, with a singularly pleasang smile.

He appears to have been above the middle height, and
though of a spare figure has a stately and commanding
appearance, and there is much of the polished patrician, or
rather of the dignified English Prelate, in his aspect. He
stands at a Table, with his left hand leaning upon a large
folio volume, closely resembling the MS. NolUia, on the
back of which are embossed the Arms of the See of Chester
impaling tbose of Gastrell.

He enjoyed a high reputation with his contemporaries,
and is frequently mentioned by Swift in terms of admira-
tion. Shortly after his (leath a Poem, of great force and
beanty, was published to bis memory;' and althot^ the
writer withheld his name, the Poem w»& afterwards aduww-

> Ta iW Utmarj of Ac K^ BenL FmWt ■ God, Fuscn GtnwnL,
D.D. Lofd KAof. of CbotM. LomIm: priMcJ wmA mM hy i. B«W>I^

-TW McMTt of tfe Jm » UcMed; Ut iW Kmc «f ik Wkb4

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Xjiv INTRODt/CTION.

ledged hy Samuel Wesley, Usher of Westminster School,
(the elder brother of John and Charles Wesley,) whose
Nonjuring principles led him to defend the insidious pro-
ceedings of Atterbury and to advocate the political creed
of Gastrell. The following passages are too graphic and
interesting to be omitted here : —

" I sing a Prelate good, unbodied now.
Nor longer Angel of the Church below ;
Enthroo'd Triumphant ! May the lines be free
From sordid hope, and servile Flattery.
Such \iewH, if knoim, thia happy Saint would move
To shake his radiant head, and frown above.
A gcn'rous Plainness tliro' the verse be shewn.
Truth without fear, and Roughness like his own ;
Roughness by none despis'd, by most rever'd ;
By fools avoided, and by Villains fear'd.
While Oastbell's praises fill the hallow'd strain,
Far hence ye false, yc vieious, ye profane !
Whoe'er can Virtue out of Place despise.
And sneak Inglorious, when ye stoop to rise ;
Whoe'er for Int'rest have your Honour sold.
And truck'd your conscience, or your friend, for gold :
Whoe'er with changing factions, change your minds.
And veer obsccjuious to the shifting winds ;
Or shuii to read, or reading scoff his Name,
Aud whn« you mean him scandal, give him fame.
Ye sacred Founts, whence truth and learning spring,
At once accept, and witness what I sing.
Mean Poet I, to bid in Numbers rise
Gastkell t)ic leam'd, the pious, and the wise !
By Cam's and /«V gratefu] sons approv'd ;

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By Anne promoted, and by Harley lov'd.
Him, hig early blest with calm retreat,
Where Arts ingenious fii'd their happy seat;
Where Laud, of old, intrepid rul'd the Gown ;
flTiere Fell presided, and where Atdrich shone :
Stadions in youth, here leam'd he to excel!,
And gain'd the Wisdom he employ'd so well.
Whether his nervous Eloquence he sbow'd,
1" assert creating and presiding Gon,
Author and End of All ; whose Will is Fate,
Almighty to revenge, as to create;
Or Chbist, his consecrated Pen require,
Co-seral Sod, descending from the Sire ;
Whom Ransom for his foes the Father gare.
Who liv^d to teach us, and who dy'd to save.
From Tmth to Truth, the sohd Beas'ner goes.
Nor frand can 'scape him, nor can force oppose ;
And Earth and Hell may try their Arts in vain.
To break one Link of th' Adamantine Chain.
Hear him, when Learning aeema hi> voice to need.
For Academic Honours IxridlT {dead ;
MindM of Truth, as mindless at applsaae.
With Strength and Candoor voftliy of his Cattie.
Long may those Bulwarks of Beli^on stmcl*
Tme to the Mitred hesd, and Sceptred Hand.

This Am»a denned with pitying eye to see,
Safveme alike is pov'r and piety f
In DeKcta wOi Ae profbeto' wiu she fed.
And made llie kHBgry Bsrau briB^them breads
And wiatfy lib*ral rais'd their gnnrtng stofe,
Xor phmdcr'd linai the Rich, to feed the Poor.

^Ivt INTBOUIXTION.

Iliiw wuIp iUft\t>tM lUi- Churitj- extends,

\\ ln»H, wh«l iKo lVi«w begins, the Prelate ends !

\fVJt MVi^ itw> t'itkxw wKK-h Uastkeu.'9 h&nds divide,

AW^t kv MtVttOlv MV wulti^T'd.

\\ \M\i» b^v tN><^'*.^kl »ud Example led,

l^^'iuu tuvwit U> Itrvtt^l. infetrtious bonnty spread.

'I'lui ltM*| M<«ii'«' tiorn offering conld withhold,

A«U Miw« wouder'd they shonld part with gtdd;

Who tcrud^ the smallcNt Mite to Churches given,

Aktd ixtunt it lo)ii on i-arth, to K"'" 'Q HeaT'D.

*•*♦♦**•*

The noblest preachcM only now present

'n»e calm, still Wonder of a Life well-spent :

Sueh Oastbell iiv'd, on Duty bent alone.

Studious to profit All, but flatter None :

List'ning attentive to the Wretches' cry,

The Griefs low-whisper'd, and the stifled Sigh.

When gath'ring Storms would touch his Soul with Fear,

Uuniov'd, tho' Peala of Thunder struck his ear :

Caroftil by Works, his Faith unfeign'd to prove,

lly Kcul unshaken, and uuweary'd Love ;

V»v teud'rest Love and warmest Zeal agree,

Niiy, neal well-bounded, turns to charity,

'I'littt elieers the faint, bright-sliining Irom afar.

Ami gullies to JEstis, like the Wise men's Star!

|) ! wiiidd th' Incarnate Gon to Prelates give,

'\\i All like Him to write, like Him to live !

Nil l^llh divine might wider Beams display,

And will, reiistlcas, o'er the World its Way:

Mil Hum* the Gospel uncomipt might own.

Ami hiiKKhty Pontiffs vail their Triple Crown.

')'(«> IViacii Nnrth might Bishops' thrones befriend,

INTRODUCTION. riril

And far as Tkule to the Mitre bend.
Cautious and Strict, what Stcdfastneas he ohow'd,
Ordaining Servants for the Courta of Goo !
Thither, thro' him, no feet unhallow'd came.
The pass vaa guarded with a sword of Same.
No Criminals his awful looks could bear,
Who fled to shelter, not to worship there :
Far let them fly, and seek in distant lands,
For less intrepid hearts, and meaner hands.
Nor Frown, nor Smile, nor Terror, nor Reward,
Mor'd him the Saviour's Church to disregard :
Almost as soon might Peter's zeal have sold
His heavenly pow'rs for perishable gold ;
At ifammon's Beck dispens'd ^therial Fire,
And made Apostles for a Wizard's hire.

Gabtkell the Art of Courts diadain'd to know.
And the smooth polish of a Owning brow ;
Uia tongue refused the subtle Statesman's part,
And spoke the genuine language of the heart ;
Feaiiess of poVrfhl Anger's threaf uing Eye,
Too plain to doable, and too brave to lie.
Tbo«e alarish, abject souls, he scom'd severe.
Who count promotiou never bought too dear :

His Loyalty from genuine modrea flov'd,
Trwt to bia Fiinoe, as iaithfiil to lib Oob :
HiH, Mlenn oatfaa ooald tie, do' SBOonfiii'd
By Booda of Ut'iot bM^ or pHwM bind.

TV Prelate doon'd ia Exile nd to nm !•

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Forgive, ye great ones, for I still must love !
Ere yet the Thunder from its cloud was fled
Or lanc'd tte lightning, pointed at Ms head.
Found Gastkell firm an En'my to defend;
Let Cowards leave, and Villains erush a Mend :
No conscious guilt iu common danger Ifd,
No partial Favour warp'd hira to his side.
Yon, that in pomp of grandeur strut your hour,
In brief Meridian of an enned pow'r,
Try all your friends, of ev'ry rank and idnd,
A man like thi^, amid your thousands, find :
Nor Levees thiong'd, his equal can supply ;
Nor honours gain you, nor Exchequers buy.
When loss of best-lov'd friends ordain'd to know.
Next pain and guilt, the greatest ill below ;
For vain the hope which mortal breath supplies.
Since Oxford yields to fate, and Anvut dies !
Griev'd, not dismay' d, to Providence reaign'd ;
Nor death he courted, nor at life repin'd.
Tho' Crowds before him slept, from Toils releas'd;
And pious Sma/rUh^ had retir'd to rest.
Nor fear'd, had Heaven decreed it, to have stood
Adverse against a world, and singly good 1"

Mrs. Gasteell long survived her husbaud, and died in
the Parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, Jan. 31st 176J,
aged eighty-one years. In her Will she describes herself as
the widow of Feancis, late Bishop of Chester, and desires
to be buried with him in the saine grave in Christ Cliurcb,
Oxford. She names that her real Estate had been already

' George Smalridgc-, Bishop nf Bristnl, cib, 27lli Sept. 171-''.

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settled by Deed, on " my daughter Rebecca, and my grand-
Bon William," and mentions that "my grand-daughter Fran-
ces had a legacy from her Aunt." She appoints her brother,
the Rev, John Mapletoft, and the Rev. Thomas Bagshaw,'
her Executors. Dated the 7th of May 1754, and witnessed
by Francis Gastrell and Joseph Albin. There are two
codicils (of no importance) dated Febr. 28th, and Aug. 9th,
1759, and the witnesses to the last are Elizabeth Bromley
and Rebecca Bromley.

On the 24th of February 1761, the Rev. Thomas Bag-
shaw of Bromley in the county of Kent, made oath as to
the hand-writing of the Testatrix, and the Will and Codicils
were proved by him on the 26th of February 1761, power
being reserved to the Rev. John Mapletoft, brother of the
deceased.

I have been thus minute, to obviate the conclusion that
the Bishop died without issue, which might be inferred
from his Will, and also to correct an error into which
Chalmers has &lleD, who states that "the Bishop left one
daughter, who married the Rev. Dr. Bromley in 1 768."

The individual whom she married was Francis Bromley'

1 of Bishop GwtrrIL He died Not. 20tlt 1787, teA m
•evrai, BecSor of Sonlhleet, and Ch^Ioio of Bramler CoDege. ^tere an
«ro iMtcn mUitattA to faim by Dr. Jofanwn, in BoawelTf Life qfJohiuom.
Bm wwmmm ntiha Rer. Huringtui Bagthaw, (Cbajihon to Bishop SprM,)
isdof Ui wife fthigitl, dao^ter ofKr Thonuu Bnibjof Addington Knt. —
4tML'» Maf. W. K£. p. 1191.

■ Dr. Bramle/a WiO m dated the ITth of JoIt 1750, wbereio he 4eilNa
to W bvied wWre Vm wife iainds to ke bmed. He tmiy SMiMiaM AM

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D.D. bom in 1703, educated at Westminster and Oxford,
Rector of Wickham in the county of Southampton, second
son of the Right Hon. William Bi-omley of Bagginton in
Warwickshire, Secretary of State to Quceu Anne.

It now remains to give some account of Bishop Gastrell
as an Ecclesiastical antiquary, and his admirers cannot fail
to lament that his labours should experience the disadvan-
tage of a posthumous publication.

It is not improbable that from an early period he had
been a Student of Archaeology.' His name occurs in 1691

his mBiriage KcUlemcut "tioa iiscd" the furCuties of lits cliiUrcn; but having
Dinittcd to ttpjioint E;Eecutar8, admioistrotion was granted at Doctors* Com-
mons, on the leth of January 1754, to Sir Richard Hoare Knt. a creditor,
Rebecca, the relict, renouncing.

MrH. Rebecca Bromley, widow, in her Will, dated January 16th 17S7,
describes herself of the Parish of St. James', Westminster, and gives only
one Legacy, viz. to Mary Jones, probably a servant, which siie desirca may
he paid by her children. She, like her father and husband, named no Exe-
cutors, administration was therefore granted to her son, Williani Bromlev
Chester Esq. on the Hth of May 1768, and, according to an Affidavit, Mrs.
Bromley had died on the 25th of April in that year.

1 Browne Willis, in a letter to Dr. Arthur Charlelt, dated the 17th of
March 1713-14, speaking of drawing up a Catalogue of the Abbots of
Battle, mentions his intention of applying to Colonel Anstis and Archdeacon
Gibson, huving already written to Dr. Kennet, and expresses a. hope that
the Dean of Battle can help him, " for if he cannot I don't know what wee
shall doe; I have noe manner of acquaintance with Dr. Gastrell, soe must
not pretend to speak to him ; besides, if 1 should, 1 doubt lice will under-
stand little of the matter." — Ballard's Oollectiona, vol. xviii. p. 59, Sodl.
Libr. Willis afterwords became acquainted with the Bishop; and on
January 7th 1718-17, at the request of the latter. Archdeacon Stratford
applied to his eouaJn, Qastrelt'it Secretary, for an entire Catalogue of the

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amongst the few subscribers and patrons of Wood's Athena
Oxtmieasis; and in 1707, through his judicious interfer-
ence and sensible recommendation, Harlej, afterwards Lord
Oxford, purchased the two hundred and fiftj'-seven MS.
Volumes of the four Randal Holmes', after thej had been
refused by the Corporation of Chester,' and thus these valu-
able records were preser\ed for the use of the public.

Immediately upon his elevation to the See of Chester he
appears to have commenced his NotiUa Cenlriensh, which
he compiled from a great varietv of public and private
documents, from bis own Episcopal Roisters, (some of
which are now lost,) as well as from personal investigations,*
and printed circular queries.'

Abbot* of Cbeaer from die fonndatwn, »l(»i; wiUi a Catalogue fff the Pre-
bendarira, after it became a CMlM^ral, for Dr. Browiie Willie vorit. Is
Hr. SMwtanr StTatford'i reply, be M7«, " FiadtDg Mr. Pmcot £lalaiy I aeC
about the vork ibtmjC and after •ercnJ daj»' aeaK}img,(wiib tbe aMHt-
ance of Dr. Fof^, Uw' De«a,) dkar eilMiBi aid imperfect iccofda, I aL
1m* nade up ibe e* c4a«t J AeeoaM, whidt, I bcfierc, am't be Bade ■ate
perfect bete.'— Stratferf* MSS.

■ Dr. Gower's FtaapectD* for a HmUkj of Cberiiire, p. 40, 4to. 1771.
mhtn be atrlei GaMteJl, -"a nane greU in tbe knowledge at Tbeobsp
tmA of agr If atiaiMl AntiqakM*.'

* OiiMmfa Pre&ee to tbe BUtvnf o/Chaimn, pL xna.

■'TO THE REVEREND THE [Bectw or Aaarar'tma-liaB.]

■"SiK, — Tbe Cbmeb-wwdeao and C b ay tl w ari tM jm Ae AMUnwaaij
oT Bidnoad woe «Aea leqamd to ^ aa exact AaMvat of aO Spools
»d Cbntiea, ftc viiUa Ifcev mpecftfc P wi A ea mA O^eirias bj- fia-

«r IgDoraace, mmbj cf Aoa aaadc ao BiUua, ■
Betaraa aa wen *«rf iapcrfaet, k ■ yaaMJc d

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The Notitia has been pronounced, by a very competent

in this Archdeaconry would have a like Success; therefore, I am coni-
maoded by your Right Reverend DiocesHii, to desire all the Rectors, Vicars,
and Miniaters, of every parochial Church and Chape!, carefully, and deli-
berately, to draw up in writing plain and distmct Answers to every one of
the following Queries, and deliver the same to the Register at the ensuing
Visitation, in order to be transmitted to his Lordship: And hecanse the
Curates of many of tlie Chapels may not be capable of giving such an exact
Account of these Matters as is required, his Lordship expects that every
Rector and Vicar, will make a distinct Return and Answer to the Queries
for every Cbapel Parochial, or not Parochial, within his Parish, I doubt
not bat you will shew a willing Compliance by giving the best Account yon
can of these matters, and am,

Your affectionate Friend and Servant,

Pbbeorikb Gasthmll.
Q. J . Have you any Free School, or other Schools, within your Parish
or Chapelry?

2. By whom was it Erected, or Founded !

3. Who hath the Nomination of the Master ?

4. What Lauds, Rents, Stipends, Money, or other Income belongeth to
it, and by whom given ?

5. In whose Custody are the Deeds, Wills, or other Writings, by which
BUch Lands, Rents, &c, were given ?

6. Is there any other Gift, or Legacy, to wiy other charitable Use within
yonr Parish or Chapelry f if there be give a particular Account of it.

7. Into how many Townships, Hamlets, Villages, Quarters, &c. is your
Parish or Chapelry divided? and what are their Names?

8. Is there any other Part, District, or Division of your Parish or Cha-
pelry, that goes by any other particular Name ?

9. Have you any Ancient Scats, Halls, Granges, and how called?

10. How many Cliurch-wardens, or Chapel- wardens, have you within
yonr Parish ?

11. If not chose as the 89th Canon directs, give an Accoimt of the Cus-
tom and manner of chnaing them ?

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judge,' to be " the noblest mooument extant on the subject
of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Diocese ;" and the
same learned historian states, with respect to its plan, that
it is divided into Archdeaconries, under which are given the
Parishes subdivided into Chapelries, when necessary, and
that the various Charities are appropriated to each head.

The design of Gastrell was rather more comprehensive
than what is here stated ; his work is arranged in four prin-
cipal divisions, banning with an Historical Account of the
Bishopric generally, afterwards of the Cathedral, then of the
Monasteries and Religious Houses, and finally of the various
Parishes and their subordinate Chapels, with an account of
the principal Seats and Charitable Foundations, within their
respective Deaneries.

Although the Bishop's plan was thus systematic, he col-
lected rather than organised, and accumulated more than
combined his various materials. These are highly valuable
aa being aatbentic and genuine, — and if not disentangled
&om the meshes which enveloped them, are still satisfactot;

15. For vhu Towntiiip, Qoarter, &c. doe* eacb Warden Semt

13. Is 5011T Pmrisb Cierk dioae u the 91tt CuKm ififccu, or bj wbon b
hetboaeal

U. WlM&lnTar laconebelo^tohiml

I^ Have joa amy |-«t"l— CiHtom of •-''■--c l^^J*, ot Am t m

16. Hotc ywi my pttOTlw Cm*b«b rf CcBetlimg mtk Amtm^ t at a l

17. Hare jMt wj pMtkakr, «r immwjI CuMob of TjrtUBg f

18. H*Te joa taij reawfliaUe Cuten of aaj kiod wittua jam fatiA or

1 Dr. OnMTod.

liv INTRODUCTION.

because the authorities are carefully produced, and facts,
widely scattered and inaccessible to ordinary individuals,
are brought together. Nor was it at all times an easy
matter to obtain antiquarian information from his own
records and officials, as his repeated applications to Dr.
Stratford,^ and others, clearly evince. He has, however,

' Some account of this good man wi!] not bo deemed out of place here.
Many of his original nnpiiblislied Letters are in my posaession ; and his
Funeral Sermon, (St. Lake, xiiii. 50,) and "Character," by the Kev.
Thomaa Hunter, Vicar of Garstang, 4to, 1754, witli "An Account of hJa
Charities," published at Kendal in 1766, and some notice of him in the
Genl.'s 2Iag. Part I. April, 1786, furnish an admirable picture of a man
little known beyond the immediate circle of his own friends, though
worthy of uniTersal admiration.

He was bom at Northampton in 1679, being the nephew of Dr. Nicholas
Stratford, Bishop of Chester, and nearly related to the Lord Chancellor
Hardwicke. He records in his Diary, " I came to Cheater Aug. 8th 1696,
and began to read Law Oct. 13th 1698. July 14ih 1716, entered myself
at St. Mary's Hall," Bishop Gastrell having declined soliciting a Lambeth
Degree for him from Archbishop Wake. There are several letters on this
subject addressed by him to his friends. In hia Diary, "I took my degree
Oct. 20th 1721. Wont out of Pembroke Hall." He was the diligent and
faithful Secretary of Bishops Stratford, Dawes, and Gastrell; and his con -
diict so recommended him to the last, that he promoted him to the office of
Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Hiclimond, and appears to have con-
sulted him on every occasion in which legal knowledge, unusual caution,
or Bound discretion, were required. Gastrcli's opinion of hia Secretary's
public and private character remained unchanged through life.

" His parts were not naturally elevated or bright. His sense was rather
solid than sublime. He had great sagacity and penetration, hut no very
fruitful invention, nor flomng or graceful elocution. He had neither sjtb-
metry in his form, grace in his motion, nor comeliness in his person ; yet
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brought together a congeries of facts, without advanciiig
conjectural opinions or lengthened dissertations on their
respective value, — and the only feeling in contemplating
his labours, is one of surprise that a Prelate gifted with
powers of original composition should have patiently toiled,

Tftin pretend. He was by nature not of the tiadest disposition, and seemed
choleric and hasty hy his liabit and complexion ; but Piety had sweetened
hie temper aud formed in him a propensity to all the acts of courtesy and
benevolence. He was affable, easy of access, and obliging to all, — humble
without ostentation, and comj>lai$ant without design or flattery : he spoke
what he thought, or he ^ipoke nothing, yet was never magisteriiJ in his dic-
tates or pertinacious in bis private opinions. His devotion was manlj',
sober, prudent, and charitable, and sometimes elevated and heavenly. It
was firmly rooted in his heart, and he thought true Hcligion was not the
property of any Party. His beneficence was the more extraordinary as tie
was by nature frugal and penurious; yet Religion bad taught him to abound
in good worlfs ; ajid while he seemed to retain his native temper in the care
of little things, he displayed a divine sou) in doing the greatest. He wooM
not give a halfpenny to a common vagrant : he would give one guinea, or
fiTe, or more, to a real sufferer, — or twenty, to put out an hopeful boy
an apprentice. His exhibitions to bis relations and dependants were,
tlKiQgb sufficient, ret not lavish or large, while he made no scruple to give
> hundred pounds to an Infirmary, or two hundred to augment a small
Care. For several years his Charities exceeded the annual profita of hi*
place, and in 17^1 he gave away £939. The life of this good man was
the trimnph of grace over nature, and the strongeat instance I have obaerred
of the power of plain lense and real Christianity to direct and keep
mankind in the road of virtue and happineaa. He waa, amidst plenty,
temperate, and nntbaken by prosperity: in scknesa, resigned; in office,
nncorrupt; in authority, humble; agreeable, withont wit; of emtaeot M-
Htaea withont genina, and great without show and oatentatioD. If be
iofgave man, it waa because God, tor Chust's sake, had forgiven bint.
If be did good, it was in imitation of Gon, wbo is good ta all, and for the

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from year to year, in such a province with untiring assi-
duity. Sedentary and tranquil pursuits like these, albeit
in somewhat better odour now than in former days, have
generally been assigned to individuals of phlegmatic dulness
and laborious mediocrity, and the feverish and disputatious

sake of Christ, who lived, an^ dietl, onA lotercedes for all. His death w&s
not attended with any preceding sjckncsa. He hod been abrond in his
cbariot upon his usual exercise, and after hie retiim home was remarkably
cheerful in the evening; but in some part of the night, and probahiy in his
sleep, was struck with the dead paisy. The next morning he was found
deprived of speech, and, to appearance, of all sense of pain. Thus he lan-
guished for a few days, and then expired on the 7th of September 1753, in
the fioventy-fiftb year of his age."

Dr. Stratford's Will corroborates Mr. Hunter's Character of Lis friend's
liberality, and is a model of a good man's lost Testament to bis Church, bis
Family, and his Friends. He bequeathed "to Mrs. Gastrell, widow of
good Bishop Gastrell, to Dr. Bromley, and to the three children of the said
Dr. Bromley, each twenty guineas ; to the two children of Mr. Edward
Gastrell of Chester, each £50, and to Mr. Edward Gaatrell two guineas."
Amongst the books to be purchased for poor liousekeepers nitliia the
Archdeaconries of Richmond and Chester, with a legacy of £300 be-
queathed for that purpose, is Bishop Gaatreli's Chrutian InttUutet, which
is also one of the books to be purchased, ivith a legacy of £, 100, for Poor
Curates of Chapels in Bichmondabire.

At the time of his death his personal Estate amounted to £l5,365, his
real consisted of only a Freehold Estate worth £l4 a year. He bequeathed
to his relations (none nearer than cousins) and friends, about £3,270. His
Houses in Northampton he had given in his life-time to his relations.

By means of Dr. Stratford's benefactions upwards of sixty small Livuigs,
many of them not much exceeding £20 per ann. were augmented, in con-
junction with the Govemora of Queen Anne's Bounty, chiefly in the Arch-
deaconry of Eichmond, whereby £24,000 was obtained for the benefit of the
poor Clergy, and thus the pions intentions of the Testator were answered.

1

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polemic, and the elegant aud exact classic, have found in
them few attractions.

It is admitted that there have alwavs been exceptions to
these remarks, or we should not have been told that Bishop
Saundersoo — perhaps the greatest Divine of his century —
plaj-fullj turned from the Secunda Secundie of Aquinas, the
Rhetoric of Aristotle, and the deepest casuistical lore, to

The follawiiig Livings in the Counties of Lancaster sod Chester were
thus augmented, those in Yorkshire, Camberland, and Westmoreland, and
large sams disbnrsed in Charity, being here omitted : —

100 O^ntMg Chapd

100 Pini>f

100 CWon

100 S(. John's I

100 LiHigt«n

800 SOrerUe

,00 T^uiTK^e^ ,.

On^N«>tb«ile«f Ihe Ctwtfl af LmhwHt ChmA thoc is a fin*
amMe Him^wM to ife mtmor/ of WJSmm StratfiW Ea^ L.L.D. by
BoMSme; mJ s gRo4 PiBrtndC of Un it cagnrcd n the GemiSt Mmf. tar
178C (wfaem, «■ p^i S7«, fo ITS*, rmd I7M,) ia bk Onliaa'a Gowb,

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Ivill INTRODUCTION.

the Study of Heraldry, Antiquities, and Genealogies, as to a
light, agreeable, and favourite recreation. So it might be
with Bishop Gastrell; and in both instances it was a
search after knowledge, and one which loses none of its
interest in the estimation of the Antiquary, from being
sought in one of the paths of hterature hallowed by the
walks of Leland and Camden, of Dugdale and Kennet.

Gastrell continued to make, from time to time, new
additions to his Notitia even until the last year of bis use-
ful life, and the information is therefore, especially in the
Cheshire part, various, copious, and extensive; but not
being chronologically arranged, some slight liberty has been
taken in transposing his statements in order that the events
recorded might follow successively in the order of time.
Nor ought the statement to be omitted here that a large
proportion of the original returns to the Bishop's Parochial
enquiries arc still in existence, and having been carefully
examined, such facts as were omitted by Gastrell have
been embodied in his text, and may be distinguished by
being placed within brackets.

The Chetham Society have only published that portion
of the work which refers to the two Palatine Counties of
Lancaster and Chester. The Notitia is a large folio volume
in the band-writing of Bishop Gastrell, consisting of three
hundred and sixty-three pages closely written in double
columns, and in a singularly illegible hand. There is no
title page now remaining, but on the back of the book is
lettered "Bishop Gastbell's Notitia." It is handsomely
bound in blue morocco, with a profusion of gilded oma-

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ment, and has been, as might have been expected, carefully
preserved. The MS. volume was originally intended to be
given by Mrs, Gastrell to the Library of the Dean and Chap-
ter of Chester, but she afterwards ordered it to be disposed
of as the Bishop of Chester should direct, and his Lordship
commanded it to be deposited in the Registry in February
1765, as appears by several memoranda entered on the fly-
leaves of the book.

The History of the Diocese by Bishop Gastrell would
seem to be imperfect without some account of its present
state, and the Editor is indebted for the following remark-
able statistical facts to Archdeacon Rusiiton, whose exer-
tions in the cause of Church extension are well known and
duly appreciated.

When the See of Chester was founded in 1541 there
were in the Diocese, exclusive of the portion lately assigned
to Ripon, 327 Churches; and from that time to 1828, 186
additional Churches were built. Bishop Sumner consecrated
233 Churches, averaging one new Church in each month
during his Episcopate, and was the first individual who
established Diocesan Church Building Societies. In the
Diocese of Chester this great and good Prelate occasioned
and witnessed the expenditure of £1,284,229, raised from
local subscriptions and grants of public societies, exclusive
of a very considerable amount expended by private indi-
viduals who sought no foreign aid.

The Clergy have increased proportionably with the
Churches. In 1831 there were 672 Clergymen in the Dio-
cese ; at the close of 1847 there were 1033, all resident, and

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a INTRODUCTION.

49 non-resident. Nor has School accommodation lagged be-
hind. During the same Episcopate 671 new Schools were
built in 428 different localities, at a cost, raised from public
and local resources, of £198,274, exclusive of many School-
houses built, and in some cases endowed, by benevolent
individuals, which swells the amoimt to little short of a
quarter of a million.

These statements refer to the Diocese of Chester as
bounded since the Yorkshire portion (containing 120 bene-
fices) was annexed to the new Diocese of Ripon, and before
the entire Diocese of Manchester was carved out of it, and a
third curtailment effected by the addition of certain extre-
mities of the counties of Lancaster, Gumberland, and West-
moreland, to the See of Carlisle.

In 1847 the Diocese of Chester contained 2,435,644
inhabitants. Of these, 1,390,287 are now assigned to the
See of Manchester, 117,022 are hereafter to be added to
the See of Carlisle, and 928,335 remain to that of Chester.
Of the 777 benefices which the latter See then contained,
320 now form the Diocese of Manchester, 121 will be an-
nexed to Carlisle, and Chester will retain 336. The total
Church accommodation is 535,166 sittings, more than half
of which is free.

The following summary may appropriately close this
account of Diocesan increase during Bishop Siimnors emi-
nently useful and laborious Episcopate of twenty years, viz:
233 new Churches and Ecclesiastical Districts.
194,745 additional sittings in Churches.
361 additional Clergy.

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671 new Schools.

768,584 additional inhabitants.
It only remains for the Editor to express his grateful
acknowledgments to the Reverend Chancellor Raikes for
his liberal permission to consult the Records of the See
of Chester, in the Registry of which many of Bishop
Gastrell's MSS. are deposited; nor does the Editor feel
less indebted to the Rev. John Piccope M.A. Incumbent of
Famdon, for directing his attention to those miscellaneous
Diocesan documents, of which a copious use has been made
in the following Notes. It is scarcely necessary to observe
that Whitaker, Bainos, Gregson, and all the ordinary County
and Local Historians have contributed to the elucidation of
the scanty text of Gasteell. The Members of the Chet-
HAM Society owe the accompanying Plate to the liberality
of Mr. William Langtos, and to the same diligent and
accurate Antiquarv' the Editor gladly expresses his obliga-
tions for the friendly and valuable aid afforded during the
prc^T^ss of the work through the press. Nor would he
omit recording his sense of the courtesy of the Clergy gene-
rally, who have replied to his numerous queries with much
alacrity, and especially of the liberality of two or three
friends who have contributed £20 to the funds of the Chct-
HAM SoctETY expressly for the publication of this work.

F. R. R

CONTENTS.

VOL. II. — PARTS I. II. AND III.

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udue not included nnder their reipectlie UuttaerChurche* in the Nato. Tbeumeeof
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PatroM. ire idded. the wbale fa>*lBS been antaUj rnllited witli tbe Eplwupa Rcffi*-
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vtJinnV of fftaXUi)ttittt. Cbb^hiub »g pumi m 1^

ia<I)tniitttittrT-l.!!nr. R, .,.

Leet, P. C. Biabop Pq>loe 1744. The Bactor.

Motley, P. C. Biabop Keene 1797. IhUo.

Oxivr £ia, P. C, Biilu^ M.f>l..m 177s. g.,! gf Si

WuringtoB.
<S(. iW«r, P. C. Bishop BlomtcU tSM. Tb( Baotor.

8(aJ9 Ari^ P. C. Biakop SiDiDia' 1S«K Ditto.

AorMv. P. C. Ditto 1»U. nulnc'a FmiAm.

^■dAHftmr, P. C. Ditto 1M6. Crown *sd Bidiop *ibr

Let^fieU,P.C. BiikoplA IftU. Ditto.

Onri OLmni, P. C. Ditto IStS. Ditto.

Bmnt, P. c. oiito lam. Mta.

WiiltBa 'If -jHnBrt, V> .».—-—•.— •».-.>• ...•»...._•.>.»>»— •

Bi-uTKBOD, p.c; _™ -.....,_. .,.,„,^...™ li

Bkuwuw, P.C ..._.„^.._„.„.„.„,.„«.„.„,..,.»„ .... 17

Kimenn,P.CL __„..u.,„„.^™ „.;,„„,. ..».„, - IB

TvwKOi, P.C. „-.„,_™_,..,-«ii.^..,_„.„. ,.,„ a

^

Ixiv

CONTENTS.

1
1

KanxiraliB bi

^.WntaiaM. 9t>

Waucslby, p. C.

25

All SaiiUt, BoUo*, F. C.

Bishop Peploo

17*3.

Tbomaa Tipping Esq.

UUlt LerfT, P. C.

Bishop CIl-btbt

1791.

The View.

SI. Gtorgc, Bolton, P. C.

Ditto

1796.

Ditto.

Trimly, diUo, P. C.

Biahop Biomfidd

1826.

Ditto.

E»«i.«M/. diHo, P. C.

Bishop Suumcr

1839.

Ditto.

Marwood, P. C.

Ditto

18*1,

Truateea.

ChrUl Church, Bolloit, P. C.

, Ditto

184k

Crown uid Bishop alt^r:

Ditto

1845.

Ditto.

A>ll»Shridse, P. C.

Biahop Lee

18-18.

Ditto.

SI. John, Bollon, P. C.

Ditto

iai9.

Ditto.

To-W'. P- C.

Licensed.

Ditto.

Btlmonl.

Biiilding

1850.

JBUTD H.

27

EronnBLD, P. C

S8

HirwooDjP. C

88

HoMOiaiF, P. C

86

Bl. Join, Bmy, P. C.

Biflhop Keene

1770.

The Rector.

IbmngloH, P. C.

BUhop OCBYCT

1799.

Ditto.

Birtop Sumncc

1833.

Ditto.

a. J«B«. JEfeap, P. C.

Ditto

1838.

Bihhop of Chester.

S(. P<Kl, Bmy. P. C.

Ditto

18*2.

Trustees.

£«Df., P. C.

Ditto

1843.

The Hector.

ShuUl/ncorti, P. C.

Bishop Lee

1848.

Crown and Bishop alter:

Buildbg.

1860.

Ditto.

Beoiu, ffi

87

HOBWICH, P. C

*1

46

WssTBoraHTOK, P. C. ..
fte(, P. C.

Biibop Keene

17G0.

Lord Kenyon.

FaniPoHh, P. C. or V.

Biebap La<r

1823.

Hutao-s Foofliw.

St. Ptter, SallUcell, P. C.

Bishop Sumner

1840.

Trustees .

81. Paul, ditto, P. C.

Bishop Lee

1848.

J. H. Aineworth Esq.

Stnithith, D.

ffitrU*. ffl.

4B

' ElXKNBHOOK, D

M

' PcfMiUlO-i, P. c.

Bishop Uarkhiun

1776.

The Vicar.

SiniHtoH, p. C.

Bisho]) Cloftrer

1791.

Ditto.

Walide* Moor, P. C.

BUbop Sumner

I83B.

Earl of EUesmere.

Difto

18-t2.

Trustees.

Barton-on-Ir«^ll. P. C.

Ditto

1843.

Ditto.

Wor,l^, P. C.

Ditto

18H!.

Earl of EUeamerc.

Lieenaed.

Crown and Bishop alter:

Ur

JTirInn, 9. €

ffand)rft« Collrgiau Cftitrt^, K.

St. Anne, MiHcHssntB, R,

BiscH, P. C, I

Blakilet, P.C. ]

Cboblton, p. C. I

Destov, p. C I

DisciusT, P. C. _ 1

Oonoii, P. C. 1

Kkwtos, p. C. ^ I

BilLtobd, p. C 1

SrBETTOu>, p. C I

Sf. Tiomat, Anlvict, P. C. Buhop Peploe 1741. Dan Mid Oaaoim.

St. Mary, MaaehetUr, B. Bubop Keene 17K. Ditto.

Si.Tlo.BKdomfrorHt,Y.C. Ditto 1765. Ditto.

8t.Poal,Mame)tfrler,V.C. Ditbi 176S. Ditto.

St. Johm, ditto, B. Ditto 1789. Dillo.

St. Jamn, ditto, P. C. Bishop CleaTer 17S8. Dhto.

SI. Miekatl, ditto, P. C. Ditto I7B9. Ditto.

SI. Clemnt, ditto, C. LiceuBod 1793. TnutM*.

St. Prtir, ditto, P. C. Biibop ClonFT 1794. Ditto.

81. Mark, Ckelluim, P. C. Ditto 17»4. H«irs of the B«t. a

W. Ethebtoa.

Bt.8teplm,8aifbrd,V.C Ditto 17H. Hein of tlie Bet. N.

U. Cheek.

m, Li^, CkorUoM, C. Ucducd l&H. Tnutfm.

St.Oearfe,Maiidketla;P.C. Biihop Lnr 1S18. Bialiop of Chistcr.

Ml Saimit, Oorlton, P. C. Ditto 18S0. Tnulen.

£». Jbttifv, Mameir. P. C. ]

SI. Pimp, Satfard, P. C. Dttto IttS. Duio.

A. Oan^, flkfaw, P. C. Bitbop •■■■« 1888. Ditto.

Bt. Amdrrm, Mameir. P. C. Ditto ISU.

CSru<C«>rvl,5<>{/brW:, P.C. Ditto 1S81.

Sl.8a<m>m;CtoHlon,P.C. Ditto ISM.

fl«7*r%. P. C. Ditto 1S38L

SLLmtt,atttam, P.C- DilM IS39:. DiUo.

I, P. C. Ditto Uaa. Ditto.

i^P. C. Ditto 18M. DHto.

JH SamtM, AaeaaU. P. C. DiUo 18«.

IFiOivAM, P. C Ditto IMl.

A. Aifr. .^M«a<<, P. C. Dillo IStS.

V.8. Simom amd Jmde. P. C. Dilt? 1M3.

I •»

Ixvi

CONTENTS.

^

1

KTiiiiKtnUli bj

9.tT<m in 1950. 9W

81. Sitat, Jnhoiet, P. C.

BUbop Sumner

16*2.

Trusteos.

SI. Barthol. Sal/ord, P. C

Ditto

1842.

Ditto.

SI. Matthiai, ditto, P. C.

Ditto

1842.

Ditto.

TriHiiy, H«lnf, P. C.

Ditto

l&M

Miss Albert on.

Ditto

lS4rl.

Tru»tee».

St. Thoauu, ditto, P. C.

Ditto

18+1.

Bishop o( Chester.

Fail«porth, P. C.

Ditto

18*6.

Crown uid Bishop alter :

BtHiolmf, P. C.

Ditto

1846.

C. C. Woralej Esq.

Lofg^hl. P. C.

Ditto

1816.

Trustees.

a.a,.Mtata»yorri^,P.C

Ditto

1846.

Bishop of Chester.

Bishop Lee

1S48.

Crown and Bishop alter :

St. SiitOH, Saljbrd, P. C.

Ditto

1849.

Ditto.

St.Mar3<ir»t,Mo»idf,r.C

Ditto

1849.

Trustees.

St. Mark, mimt, P. C.

Licensed,

Crown and Bishop alter :

Collyhurtf, C.

Ditto.

Blind Afgl-m, C.

Unconsccraleii.

Trustees.

Bradford Bond,

Ditto.

Ditto.

Monidf,

Ditto.

Ditto.

Heatoo MerKy,

Building

1850.

Bishop of Manchester.

Ditto.

flSfWiUtoit, Xt

9G

Aahwdbth, P. C

102

106

Bire\, P. C.

BUhopSunmor

1828.

TheEoetor.

BircU, P. C.

Ditto

1846.

Ditto.

Gi-rn; Z*i',?r,

Bonding

1850.

107

OLDHiM, P. C

Ill

Bra&iJii, P. C.

117

Shaw, P.O.

119

1

r««Mrf*, p. c.

Bishop Peploe

1730.

The Hector.

1

Soyto*, P. C.

Buhop Eeene

1767.

Ditto.

Bl. Flier, Otdham, P. C.

Ditto

1768.

Ditto.

Ditto

1769.

Ditto.

Sta»d, B.

Bishop BlomBuId

1826.

Earl of Wilton.

St. Jom«, OWAa», P. C.

Biihop aumner

1829.

The Boctor.

Tonge, P. C.

Ditto

1839.

Ditto.

Olodttict, P. C.

Ditto

1844.

Crown and Bishop alter :

fif. JoAm, Ckaddertan, P. C.

Ditto

184S.

Ditto.

JToferiMd, P. C.

Ditto

1847.

Ditto.

Eail CrtmpfoH, P. C.

Ditto

1847.

Ditto,

ro/itw*, P. C.

Bishop Li'e

1848.

Ditto.

^1

ITermO, P. C.

Bl. Maraant, Prutmitk, C

fONTENTS.

1. Licenaed.

Ditto.
. BuOding 1B6D.

Ixvii

Pttion in 1»0. yig,
Crown and Bishop »lter;
Ditto.

LlTTLBBOBOlTGH, P. C

ISI

147

Friarmen, P. C.
Ooir™.. P. C.
i#rf9«/<, P. C.
St. Jayma, SoeidaU, P. C.

Spe(/a«f, F. C.
WaUdrm, P. C.
B»Uf, P. C.
ftwrf«ri,P.C.

. Bi.hopP«pl«.
Bishop Kexme
Bishop Cle-TCT
Ditto
Bishop Law

17«.
1768.

1787.
17S8.
1821.

TheTi<»r.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Crown .nd Bbhop •!!«■: ^^^

B.B.Whit(baulE*q. ^^^H

Ditto

Bishop Lee
Buildiog.
Ditto.

1835.

1848.

«. 71«»o., P. C. Biibop I*w

Beanrrs of UUrrinattw.

1818.

E>rlorWih«i.

i 3

«tcw.».e.

C^OkteD, V _

^:zi.

PtBE Cum, P. C. (S»

Waverlrre, P. C.
WW*^, P. c.
Ai^wra F C

.^H

BuhopCkam
Bishop BbmfisU
Bi.k>paw>«
Ditto

17M.

18)7
ISM

Trus**..
ThfVi<«r.

IteTinr

I

Hienai,P C

llKUi*a,r C

ip(«fc,P C

Bbhop B.m>».

1841

1WBM««r

■

J--— »,P.C

BiihopSom..

lt44.

H

jRm,r.C.

1^

1

MirtdaU.f.C.

«. iw«-, dioo, c.

IFalUn Br**, P. C

Wmt Dskbt, B. (pnmtfd

8t. J^. P. C.

Bt. A»n, SlanUy, P. C.

Km>ltg AmIl, p. C.

81. Jama. P. C.

CONTKNTS.

BiilwpatmnBr IS3G

. BUbop Qnham IMS.

1848.

Biihop OnhuD 1849.

T. HM*hn £«,.

TnuUai.

W. Brown g>q. 1U>.

Ditto
Ditto
Ditto

1831.
1831.
1836.
)S4T.

Tni5t««.

Bct- T. 0<mfa».

MB

-4tt

Un.TlK«>laB.

Holy Tkitiity, P. C. ....
5(. Pavt, ditio, P. C.
Pddgalt, p. C.

Ditto

1831.
1838.

TbeHeotor.

Biiiuio*, p. C.

sas

SGO

267

Bt 0«,y», JKj,«s P. C.
Ptn^erton, P. C.
ff«^A. P. C,
Abram, P. C.
SekoUM, P. C.
81. Tkomat, Wiga»
CBIintiiufc, K.

Bi«hop Porteoi

Biihop Stunner

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Building

1780.

issa.

1833.
1838.
1841.
1860.

ll« Sector.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

N«WKW, P.C

Athlon, JL.
■ JW*™. E.
Oo/6o™-, E.

Stunms of SUublmnt.

»U(fiburn, C

Bishop Peploe
Bishop Snnmer
Ditto

Ditto

Bishop Qniiun

1733.
1833.
1838.
1848.
1849.

Hector of Wuwiok.

Ditto.

DUto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

274
281
2S3
284
286
289

1

Habwoou Maoh^ F. C

CONTENTS.

SunxaBrsr, F. C.

TOCIHOIW, P. C.

St. Join, Blariimnt, P. C.

S^eOmry, P. C.

St Piter, Blaeitmrm, P. C.

BJy Trimity, Darm, P. C.

SI. J<^a. lam. D^. P. C.

JbUar, P. C.

SL JWI, AImUw*, P. C,

/"oHnxia, P. C.

Bamitr Bfi^, P. C.

8L Midtaei, BTUmn, P. C.

Htif Tri^f, DM,. P. C.

wsvotf, e.

AccmavTOf, P. C

Jlumix, P. C:

Bmm, P. C.

Bidup

Bi^op

BUiop

Bnbop

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

D^to

ITW. noTin

UCff. Ditto.

IBBI. Dittou

Um Ditto,

us. Ditbi.

ISIB. Ditto,

lan. DiHa.

ISM. Ditto.

1887. Ditto.

1»M. KUo.

1846^ Ditto.

BritmUJi, P. C.

nM«too<i, p. c.

Reg Soutti, P. C.

Trau>dtn,P.C.
1 LMmb, P. C.
1 Sf. Jame., Bumies, P. C.

Onat Martden, P. C.
1 FeodUlom, C.
1 Lou, Moor, C.

ifwi-r^, P. C.

Laaelridgt, P. C.

Ufaturv at itgtenB.

CONTENTS.

Bishop Sunmcr 1840.
Ditto 1811.
Ditto 1841.
Ditto 1841.
Ditto 1846.
Ditto 1846.
Bishop Lee 1348.
Ditto 1849.
Ditto 1849.
Ditto 1849.
Licensed, not Con.:
Ditto

Building 18&0.
Ditto 1860.

Trustees.

Uulme's Feoffrat.

Ditto.

Trustees.

Leaond:N.St«rkie,E»q.

Crown uid Bishop alter:

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Ditto.

Crown and Bishop alUt:
Ditto.

S63

asa

868

386

S(. OB»f3,e, Cfa«-%, P. c.
3r>lh«iof,, P. C.
Mawdtiln,, P. C.
St. PiUr, Chorltg,
CttUltoa, U.

Bishop BloiDfield

Bishop Sumner
Ditto

182&.
lS4iO.
1840.
1860.

871

8S4
386

Hoshtoa, p. C.
WhUtU-U-Woo4.,P.C.
WUhntI, P. C.

r ^miunrlljRm, p. C

BUbop L.».

Bishop Sumnm
Ditto

1823.
1830.

1841.

TheTicar.

Ditto.

Ditto.

387

Farringlon. P, C.

*Hinlii<^, S

Bishop Sonmn

1S40.

Incombt. (tf Fenwoi

Jiam.
S90
896

Adimfftop. P. C.

BUhop Sumner

1839.

The Hector.

CONTENTS.

Ixxiii

9lf

Slatlpooi, P. C.
Samti S40f», P. C.

BUhopLmr
BUhopSmnner

1821. Trartaefc

1897, TbomM Clifion, B«].

Vt.n p r

40S

SmusBUD, P. C. „

IMpiitiolmf, P. C.

Tir—nil

ISO.

....407

Ga»us0 Ckipd, p. C

' '

SMfardlV

n^MiiiiiuBa

DiM

Utfu

_ ^

4M

z

DM*

I En.

vm. DM*.
nK. XKM*.

mc Mta.

MM, 1M«M.

Itm. trnttm.

a.n«M^£«a*r.r.c

T-

ftjUKr.c.

■Uhvb*

mm 'nmurmm

»»^

»^ i^

n

Ixxiv

CONTENTS.

"^

ZmmmMii

VibimlnlSSO.

*V

Cop.P.C.

.. 4S3

WooBrLmpTON, P. C. .
Oil BaKvlife, P. C.

Bishop Bumner

1838.

'aBTior.

.. 4U

InMtip. P. C.

Bishop Loo

1849.

Ditto.

tpaulton-U'Jiiat. 13

Morton, P. C.

Biahop MBjPDdie

1801.

The VicM.

raonrfois P. C.

Bishop Sumner

1836.

Trustee.

JlMf-OOd, P. C.

Ditto

1S41.

Sir P. H. Fleetwood.

QrMtan, e

St. LiWEKKCK, BiBTOX, P

-C.

4S9

Orimtorgh, P. C.

Bishop Peploo

1?26.

ffo/y TriiUy, PnntoH, P. C

Bishop Lav

1815.

S;. ifet-r. DiHo, P. C.

Bishop Bloxttfleld

1825.

Si. Pa«;. IHlto, P. C.

Ditto

1826.

anX «««*, Ditto, P. C

Bbhop Sunmra

1836.

.^WoB-os-fiiM/e, P. C.

Ditto

1836.

Si. Jfofy, iVe#/o», P. C.

Ditto

1838.

St. Tkomat, Ditto. P. C.

Ditto

1839,

Bt. Jam«, IWto, P. C.

Ditto

1841.

All Sainfj, C.

LicoDsed

1M8.

Bttt^rWrr, ©

471

1
1

1

476

Scaner? of ConsDale.

r

(

ClHualifnii, »

^cllint, 1?.

484

HOENBT, P. c

4S6

Wrns, P. C.

Bishop Siuniier

1841.

Trusteea.

488

LEfK, P. C

©ennrrw of jhirnrBB.

i_

CONTENTS.
eonncnhUbg

Ixxv

VittiminieSO. 9w

ttartmen, 9. C

FlOOKBOBOHQH, P. C. .—.^^.—^ .^

, .*«.„.. .». 60S

, lUld Bro^gUon, P. C. Buhop F«p1oe 1746.

Zul of BnrlingtoD.

Rutland, P. C. Biihop Peploe 174S.

Ditto.

ElSBT IttlLITH, P. C

615

SaHtU^uIl, p. e

617

Bwiia,, p. C. Bulwp HmaiMr IS86.

aB«l».7~.£«, ^^H

^^H

^^1

^H

^^1

w ^^1

w V

CtotOTOT P C

1 m m

nn A

- ^M

^^H

HtigTrim.rir,nl^r.CmAag9mmmm UaS.

TB.aiM44.B4 ^^g

Av^M, C. liaaaeA lS«a

Scanrrv «f SniBal.
V«Imii-Ir->nM V

_ : 1

„ „ — ~ ■

1

n: zS ■

Vnp4^ ■

" Z mi ■

L

J

Ixxvi CONTENTS.

tuoKunUt ii y i ttw is 1860* yip*

fBfortont f^. 667

BoBWiCK, C. 661

QlLTEXDALE, P. C 568

Ysland Gm^Sf P. C. Bishop Svnmer 1828, HjBdmta'i Troftaei.

CORRIGENDA.

Pace K, NoM 7. tdI. U. pMt 1. Od Ihe SSth of Pebmur 1117. Oeone, son of Otho
HoUud "of the Now Hall witbin PeDilletoa," conteTed ludi there to bb
brntber. Junes HolUnd. vho. on tlie Tth of Jul* 1S3S. coovcjred the Bams, la
Trust, Ito Bli Alsxander Radelllfe of Ordsall Knt. Thunas Prstwlch of
Bntoa Bs^HnmphjaT CbeUum of CUTton Biq. and Jamea Cbetbam of
(jnuopaall oaDt.) on hu muilan with Haria Btomflald. Otho Holland ma
tka son of tUa maniw. and Us danchUi Man haTlBc mauled Ur. Robert
Cooka of Wonkr, If aw Ball taa dateraded to tbolr paat-fiandson, Thomaa
AldnaOD Cooka of PMarimtouh Eao.

P^aa SS aad M, Note I, part 1. lb. IHeksnaon wu not the pnrebaaer of Chariton
Hall and iU demeaoe. (which were bought In 1793. for £12.814. bj WillUm
Cooper. Bamnel Hanland. and two otben.l but of other adjacent lands of the
MTDshnllsi ohich h»e ileuunded to his rv|iresentatiTes. the Anaona. [Bee p.
7S. Note LI The Hall still remalna near Bt. Luke's Chapel at ChurlUmnpon-
Uedlock.

Pace 103, lioa T^or Pap. Brg. here ud elsewhere In the teit, read Pap-itr In tkc\

^.. -Od, line /. lor rai

Pl«» 1% Nota, Una 3, for aoi
F»t*aH Roto. line IS, tor C
Pafi at Data, Uae 1, for £i

paragraph from the Sefitia Parxxh^ to page U

, ^tr ttorih-noL read wmih-^eaL
S, tor Oiaria. read Wiliiim.

. — , , for £3ai, read £I,tV4.

Pag» in Kole. alter '■Towii,-add, oitd a molitr o/ Oe Man

PvaawITote, linelG, dele art ww, and read tnn loUf, Lord Montaco being

Fife SIT Koto, third line rron the bottom, dele lioi, before dfcrndtd.

Pan at ICota, line S, for Barnrrara, read Harjinava.

FlfeMt, Note S, dele uAok ■», Rii*ard Fori, Ewi- M. P. and add uAo, before

Pan 3B0 Note, Una S, for AiUsv. read Boflv
Pac* 3SS, line U. afln 1M4, add, TAs itAoU Matt

Page'mNole, line 17, for IJm*aU$. read I
Pice MS Note, elffbth line from the botton

©camp of aiEavnnston, in iLanta^tnrc.

8Hl^Ca0B,' about 120' p.[er] aa. K. ,

I [num;] new Pars.[onage] house, leave syii.."

vj given to build it, aii[iio] 1711. Reg. p^^

[■P [ister] B. [pok,] 4.. ^^^

7 i'^^^^S^l.S.^ml An.[no] 1548, WiU.[iam] Bradshaw ^"

X^aSiOFmlOr qV M ^^ Uplitherland, Patron. Ingt.[itu~

An.[rio] 1602, Gabriell Hcskcth of
Newhull in Aughton, Patron. jB.[oo*,] 2, p. 34.

' Dedicated to St. Michel. Taluii in ISSl, £676. Eegiatcn begin b 1511.

Achetun, ■ Manor, anil Literluid, nerc held before the Conqucat by Uctred, Ilie
Saxon proprietor of Daltoo and Schdmeradalo. Henry II. gsTC to Warine dc Lan-
cuter, amongst other Manors, UpUtter-lnnd, which Henry Fiti Warino remitted to
King John. In the latter reign, John, son of Simon, son of Mabilla de Acton,
(Aughton,) g™nl<^ to Richard WaUensis, Jjord of Litherhind, hia curtilege in the
town of Ax'ton, and Bichard le Walais, probably the same Lord, granted land in tho
Honor of Aeton, and alao land within his Manor of Litherhmd. Id ttie 15th
Edward II. Richard Id Walays held the Honor of Litherland juita Haball, a third
part of the Manor of Aghlon juita Bykerslath, and the Adrowson of the Church of
Aghton, which in the year 1371, were held by Boger de Bradibaigh, and MabiUa, hia
wife. Ill the 6ch Henry V. Mabilla, widow of Soger Bradahoigh, acttbd upon
Richard Bradahoigh, her aoa, and leabel, his wife, daughter of Henry Suorisbrivk,
the Manor of Uphtherland. The Brsdohoiglu continued in poBicssion until tho -1th
Edward VI. when William Bradahaw of Oplithrrland eouTeyed hia Manora of Aghtoii
and Uplitherhuid to Jiunea Soariabriok Esq. in whoae family they continued until the
17th Elizabeth, when they paaaed to Bartholomew Heaketh Eaq. the third in deacent
from William Heaketh, aiith aoii of Thomas Hetketh of RulTonl Esq. lu the y«r
16G7, il WM awarded that rphtberhind was a distinct Manor within the Parish of
VOL, II,] V

162 ..*' -.^otttta etntxknnifi.

v.. *-

An. [no] 1700;. Alex, [andcr] Hesketh Esq. presented.
Patron,. Atr/-tlomb, who bought y® Manour, with y« Advowson
appendatft, of Mr. Hesketh, an. [no] 1721.
2.Wa^dtos.
«alW. ^ Augfiton HaU,2 Moor Hall.3

j^cfinql;*/*.^^^^ txt is a School-house erected upon the Glebe, by Mr. Hind-
ley, y« late Rect.[or;]* but no Endowm^

• • •

;* .jBparitierf. iSS iftttUlttteO to y« Poor yearly 6^ • 1», arising from Int. [erest]

wSbk of money, and rent charge on Lands, given by severall
persons.

Aughton, and that Bartholomew Hesketh was the sole Lord ; and that Aughton was
also a distinct Manor, and that Caryl, Lord Viscount Moljneox, Laurence Ireland, and
the said Bartholomew Hesketh, were the joint Lords. In the year 1718, Alexander
Hesketh Esq. sold the Manor of Uplitherland, and his third share of Anghton, with
the Advowson, to John Flumbe Esq. an opulent Attorney, of WaTcrtree Hall near
Liverpool, who died in Aughton in the year 1763, in whose descendant, Ck>lonel J.
Flumbe Tempest, they were vested in the year 1834, when he sold the Advowson
to R. Bolton of Wavertree Esq.

^ Aughton Hall, the ancient residence of the Aughtons, is still in existence, and used
as a farm-house. In the year 1717, Samuel Birch of Underwood near Bochdale, Grent.
devised his Estates to his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Hesketh of Aughton
Esq. for her life, and her issue by any future husband, it being his intention and wish
to exclude her then husband, and her two sons, Stanley Hesketh and Birch Hesketh,
from all interest in his estates, the reversion of which he gave to his friend, Jamea
Haslam, of Falinge near Rochdale, merchant. In the year 1756, the two grandsona
of the Testator were living, and his daughter had married John Smallwood of Hatty-
heath in the coimty of Lancaster, yeoman ; but the marriage was unproductive, and
the Estates passed according to the Will. The house is the property of Sir T. 8. M.
Stanley of Hooton Bart.

3 Moor Hall passed with Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Thomas Hesketh, the
fourth in descent from Bartholomew Hesketh Esq. to Alexander Hoghton Esq. and

was conveyed in marriage by , daughter of Hoghton of Goosnargh, to

Edward, son of Foter Stanley Esq. of Aughton.

* Mr. Robert Hindley married a sister of Mr. Thomas Hey, by whom he had a
son and daughter. Ho became Rector in the year 1701, on the presentation of
the Crown, by lapse, and died in the year 1720-21, having bought the next presenta-
tion to the Rectory, (for his son, who died,) of old Mr. Hesketh, and Mr. Whallcy,
the mortgagee of the Manor. The purchase money was not paid, but Mr. Flumbe's

Stanrru of Z£lan'ingioii.

il i.ffC2m,' ccrtif.[ied] IILIO-OO", viz. 1(1' j)'l \,y L'l fi,

Molineux; I'-IO' Surp,[li(:e] fees. j;^|; „

Patron and Improp. [riator,] L'' Molineux, who let all
y« Tithes, great and small, (an. [no] 1717,) for above
Sff p. [er] an. [num.]

An. [no] 1695, [the] Inhab.[itauts] subseribed 'S' p.[er] an.
[n'lm.] V.[ide] Pap. Rey. Now no contribntion.

This TownsP formerly belonged to Merivall Abbey, Warwick- CntotK. 1
sh.[ire] and y" CLappell was supplycd by a Monk from thcnc<?,
who resided at Altear Hall, to w''' it closely adjoins.

Tlie Improved value of y» Township [is] about IfiOO" p.[er] an.
[num,] exclusive of y« Tythes, w^ are set for 90' p.[er] an.[nuni,]
exclusive of y^ meadows, n^"" are 2 parts of y" TownsP, and are
Tjth-free-

[The] Inhab.[itants] of this Towni' pay no Toll in Markets, nor
any thing to County Bridges.

An. [no] 1695, [a] Curate [was] Licensed to Altear.

An. [no] 1702, to Altear and Formby. V,[ide] Subiicr.[iptioTi^
B.[Qok.]

2 Wardens, [who are] chosen Can.[onieally,] serve by House-row.

Altear Hall,' and y« whole Town, belong to \A Molineux. igaii.

^SM i^C^OOl, but not free, to vf^ was given by Rich.[ard] ^^aa\,
SbI Whitehead, and his son John, 30>i and by Tbo.[ma«]
Tickle, 321.

It was erected at y* charge of y* Inhab. [itants,]

title bnng defeetire, hi* 7000^0' ton, Uwn •■ Bmenocc, «■• Ulwlj to lo« Ihr
liviDg, but tliro^ Biikip Owutttt 'atabnmm ofaUiMd tt. — Mm 31H. LttUr$,
Lane. M88.

' D«dicMcd to 8L Hkted. T*lMHUS«t<ll7. Bijhlin h|iB in 1"T(

In the fljt BdwMd I. Ik AMM of Ujn V^Bt, at Itetv^ hU • mnmw at

iMd ID AUfkv, siriB to Um, Md hM MmMon, It A«m, wifc at WUfM At

KBian. mi mUt of Bm^^ K«I MCkmta, »d Ih. Umm 1 aiilliiil hi th«

U i^ j'm IWt * *m umttj** hj tW

164 otitis Ctitttumin.

[The] Master [is] commonly choseu by six Trustees, in whose
hauda are y* Bonds for y« money.

attorn to [the] Poor by one William Wilson, (in 1665,) 10',
w^l" is upon Bond,

V. 05.11.08. I^^^l SHLSawai,!,.' Certif.[ied] 58i-03»-10*, viz. Vic.
Byn... o'. a. b H^^^^ [arage] house and about au acre of Land adjoining,
'*"—"■*■ S^^^ Zi-lO; Church.y.[ard,] 1'; paid out of y« Great Tyths,
^to^e^iii'dby 'l^^^i 30>; Small Tytha at Easter and Mich', 2&, including
oS^g^. Hemp, Flax, Pig, and Goose, in Much Woolton, and Little Wool-
^^^^ P^J' ton, given [in] 1697, by Tho.[ma8] Norris of Speak, for 1000 "

P^ jj* years, as also prescript, [ion] rent of lOs. p^ by [the] Manour of

^p^-' «^ Allertou. P^ by prescript, [ion] fi^m Speak Hall, 16'; from Hutt
jMfi,^*'-^ and Hale Hall, l"-5'. A Close bought vr* 50> given by Mrs.
Marg.[aret] Norris of Speak, 2'- 10". Int,[erest] of money left
Crown t« Sir HictiBrd Molineui, and in the year 1624 the AitToirgoD and Hsnor
vrerB held by air Richard Moliueui, bs thej are at present bj hie represonlatiTe^ thtr
Earl of Sefton.

The Church is not included in the T'ator of 1291, and hai been severed at Kimo
subsequent period (ram one of the adjoining Parishes. A wooden structure ciiiting
in the ;eir 1558, was taken down in the jear 1746, when the present Church was
built, partlj by eollections obtained b; a Brief granted in the j^ear 1743.

' Altcar Hall is now a farm-house, over the door of which were former))' the arms
of Molineux,

■ Dedicated to All Saints. Value in 1834, £455. K^gisters begin in 1567.

Childwall, the CQdcuueUe of Domciday, waa held after (bo Norman InTBsiou, bj
Roger PirlaTcnsie, (or Poitou,) then by Kandulph do Blnndcrill, Earl of Chester,
who died in the year 1232, and was giren bv William, Earl Feirars, to Peter, son of
Thomas de Grello, in the year 1262. The Manor passed to Sir Bobert do Holland in
Ihe year 1303, whoso daughter, Margarcl, married John do la Warr, the succeasor of
the Grelleys. From the Hollands, this Manor descended to the Loids, and in the
year 1361 Henry, Uuko of Lancaiatcr, died seized of it. Shortly afterwards, it waa
Irauafcrrcd tu Robert do Lalhoni of Latliom, whoso represent atiTe, Isabella, daughter
and heiress of Sir Thomas do I.athom, married Sir John Slanloy, and conioypd Ihe
Munorlo his family. It was sciicii hy the Parlinmeiit in the seTi-uleenlh oenlnry,

IDraners of ZlKarrington.

ins

by 3 persons, !'■ 1'. Surp.pice] fees, 2'- 14". Rent of a Close fur
3 lives, by Lease, 1693. Tytlis in Garstou, given freely by Edw.

[ard] Noma of Speak, 1' ■ 3'.
Ded.[uct] 4' pJ to Hale Chap, [el, and] 2- [for] Syn.[odBls.]
Patron and Improp. [riator, the] B.[ishop] of Chester.
This Church was approp. [riated] to [the] Mon.[astery] of

HoUand by [the] B.[ishop] of Cov.[cutry] and Lich.[iicld].

V.[ide] supra Mon.^aslery.]

oitk other Estates of tbe Uotue of Ik-rbv, und wu sold to n |wnoa uf the uaini- of
LegST, from whow desceudant it was jiurchased by laanc Qrtcn of LiTcrpool Eii).
wboae d&nghtur and coheircBs, Mary, miimed Binibur OaHcoignu of Barking in tlis
county of Esaei Esq. U.F. who buctkiue «eiiud of the Manor iii her right. Frunm-n
iSiij, daughter and aole heiress of his son, Bnmber Oaacotgii» Esq. M.P. married iu
tbe year 1831, James Brovniow Wiiliom, Marquess of Satiabuiy, vrliu ■■■uiuchI Ihu
Dame of QaHoigne, and it ihe present ownvr of tlic Manor.

There was a Chnreh hero st Uoroosduy, which Roger PietaTensii graulwl lo Iht*
Abbuy of Sies, but gave the Tithe lo tbe Prioiy of Lanuialcr. The Adtowion, how>
cifT, appears t« haTP been lested in the QrcUi-jB, and pmsod lo Sir Robert do Hol-
luid, by whom it was granted to the Priory of Holland b the year 1300. At the
DiuolutJOQ, it was seixed by the Crown, and in the year 1661 waa aiincial to the ttua
of Chesler. — Ormerod's Cirtiire, rol. i. p. 74. Oregson aUtn that the Tilh(« uf
Childwall were appropriated to tbe See of Chester in tbeyeor 1&42. — fVaffnenli,
p. 1^ A Chantry in the Charrh was dissoked in the year 1647.

"ChildewtU Vie. DotaHo Viiarie. Dat. LiL-hf. A.i>. 1307."— Sag. La.glu«, Ui\. 28. a.
Ducarcl's BrprrI, Lamt. Libr.

TheChorch was Talued al £40 per annam, in the yew 1 2UI.

Id the year 1650, the Tithe Corn in CbiJdwall, worth £li per aunum, ami llw
■mall Tithe* sod Eaata Dnev, worth IOl per snniuii, were paid tii ihe Pmnirn,
[Tirar] and alao £S a* an aagmeatatioD of his Viearage out of Iho I'arsunaifr, The
Tithe* of n'oolton Pwrm, worth £30 per annniD, bdonged lo Hr. Aiulert^m of
BirUij, and hii predecewors ; " bat by icaaon of Ut deiiiiq', doth aim brlmiKe lo
the State Pnbtiqoe." Thotna* Orme ycarij paid br ■ daaa e«lkd "Alley '■ lley," in
Woolton Parra, theo in his poaaeaaion, to tba duKhwar^iia of CUUwaD St. 4d.
Ihr the repair of their Pari^ Chiucb. Mr. Dand nfiaon, Om htmmV, " ia a godly
prcoeh' HinistCT, aod dotfa obsene tite Lord** Day*, ^t Faat Day*, and l>*ys of
Unmiliat* sppoiolcd by Act or Orfiiww of rtiliawnil." amd sfipcar*, in all )»■
•peeta, to han been oooloraalile to U* mialililMi fUtOM; «Ucb mm oat tlw *■*■
with U* | iwJa « w u i , ihe Icr. WOImm Itmu, 1LA. tolkUd to fb U>teff hf BUcy

BridpmaB, Deoolw Ak MR, Md br U» Lej^ mI BfmBafttf. ^wtW hy tte
FMMMalalnat tkyav IMT. He w ab« B«l Dob of Wwrtmtoa.
Bncnl mff^mutinm, wtn Mde ■« the Cinvtfc 4ww( IW IwvBbfwy of Ihr

166 ^titta Cedtrtntdfe.

An. [no] 1531, [the] Right of presenting to [the] Vicaridge
[was] in [the] Priory of S* Thomas y« Martyr of Holland. — Inst,
[itutiori] B, [ook,'\ 1, p. 28-29.
CatDtU. 10. T.[own8] 10. Childwall, Speak, Garston, Wavertree, Much-
Woolton, Little Woolton, Allerton, Hale, Hale-bank, Halewood.
2 Wardens,
ftaro. Ancient Halls. Hut,2 Hale,3 Speak,* Allerton,* Childwall.®

Rev. Balph Markland, who became Vicar in the year 1690, and died here in the year
1721; and who addressed the following letter to "the Diyine," who, in the year 1705,
was collecting materials for a History of the Churches in England : — " The Tithes of
the Parish of Childwall do belong to the Bishoprick of Chester; the Easter Boll, and
some part of the other small Tithes, yiz. of hemp, flax, pig, and goose, (as it was, I
believe, when this Parish belonged to the Priory of Up-Holland,) being reserved to
the Vicar. All these not amounting to £20 per annum. But in the year 1681, the
Rt. Rev. Father in Gbd, Dr. John Pearson, then Lord B^ of Chester, and John
Gtirroway Esq. gave each £200, wherewith £30 per ann. was purch** out of the Great
Tithes, and are annexed to the Vicarage. There are other benefactions, some before
and some since this of Bp P. and Mr. G. viz. £11, to be given to the use of the Vicar,
and his successors ; but who was the benefactor, or when the time of this benefactor,
I cannot learn. John Lyon of the Folds in this county, gave lOs. yearly for ever to
a Preach? Min' at Childwall. Sam' Legay Esq. Tho. Cook, and Rob. Carter Gent",
purch** a ten* of 3 acres, or thereab^, (accord? to the measure used in this Country,)
and gave it to the Vicar of C. and his successors, a° 1693, for the term of 3 lives, all
which are yet in being. Thomas Norris of Speak Esq. gave to the Vicar of C. and to
his successors, a" 1697, the Tithes of Hemp, Flax, Pig, and Goose, in the Township
of Much Woolton, and Little Woolton, in this Parish. Mrs. Marg* Norris, sister to
the s^ Tho. Norris, gave by her last will and test, a** 1699, £50, for an augment" to
this Vicarage. Robert Carter G^nt. above mentioned, gave by his last will and test,
to the use of the present, and all succeed? Vicars of C. £10, a° 1704." — Noiitia
Paroch. Lamb. Libr. vol. vL p. 1536.

' Hutte, or the Haut, is supposed to have been a residence of the Hollands, Lords
of Hale and Halewood ; and the present interesting and extensive remains, indicate
its former importance. The great Hall is said to have been one hundred feet long
and thirty feet wide. The house was surrounded by a moat which still remains.
The Gkite House, of which a drawing is given in Gregson*s Fragments^ is of more
modem date than the great Hall. Sir Robert Ireland, descended from John de
Hibemia, was Lord of Hutte in the time of King John.

' Hale, before the 32d Edward I. was obtained by Sir Robert de Holland, in mar-
riage with Cicely, daughter and heiress of Alan de Columbers, and was conveyed by
his grand-daughter, Avcria, to Adam, son of Sir John Ireland, Lord of Hutt, which
was confirmed in the 12th Edward III. to his son, John Ireland. Tho Estates of

Scanrrs of alanrmgton. 167

A new bay of building [wasj added to y* Church by [uj (irnnt
fk)m [the] Bp au.[no] 1716. Hvs.[ister] a.[ooi,] 4. "

'^f^ n this TownsP (w'' is about a mile from Childwall,) thcro is jHiitli
IC^ a School, by whom built is not known ; but [it ia] rcpnircd jfJCgl""
at y charge of y« Parish. All y' belongs to y" Master is [tlic]
Iut.[cre8t] of 157', old stock,^ and 100' given an.[uo] 1702, by
S' Will.[iam] Norris, w'"" is put out by y" 2 School- Rccvpb, Offi-
cers chosen yearly by y" Parish.

[The] School [is] free to all y» Parish, except thoso of Halo
Chapy, who refuse to pay to [the] repair of it. [The] ParUh pre-
tend [to have] a Right to choose y" Master, but will not content
it w''' Mr. Norris of Speak, who put iu y" last.

Halo Had Uutt Fontiuue<l in ihis fsmil;, id nuJo ilcsi.viit, until tliv dnlh of Hir
Qilbcrt Ireland M,P. in the year 167G, without 'u*\u; whim h» two liiUm bnruar
hii cohdmao*. Eleanor, thu cldM', muricd Eilword Aipinwall Kiq. wIium gn»t
grand-daughter snd represenlMive, marriod Iitne Orucn uf Cbllll««l] Knq. and. In
right of bit wif?, I«rd of IltUe. Of tlio coheirmw* of Mr. Onvn, IroUad, thn MK-nrid
danghl^, married in the ;«r 1752, TIioiubs DUckbumo of Orford withla Warrington,
E<q. SberiiT of Lanca3htn>, grandfather of Jobn Irelaod BUiiklnirna Kaq. M,f. the
pTccFDt Lord of the Manors of Hale and Uutt.

* Speke wan held ■hortlj after the Conqunt br Roger Onrtifith, who iftte two
caiucalea in Sptc to Bichard da Mulaa or Molyneux. AnnoUt, aole dauglit«r anil
hnroH of Benedict Otraot, conreyed the Manor to her biubond, Adam M'lljnrai,
and in the 14th Edward I. it again paaiwd with Joao, daughter of Hit WilUam Mttlf-
neiu of SeftoD, to Koger de Eni<.-T> of Cbnier, wIiok briraaa. Alios, eimfffai It fn
Djaniage to Sir Henry Sumyt, the eighth in dwxi-nt frotn Alan U Xorraja OTMnlbM
in the county of LaiKa«ter. Thr family became niiiUTt, in lb« Mala Ihw, on tha Amt%
of Thomaa Nmtia Esq.; and the EttMn were raarii^nl ia tit* Jtar ITH, hf bb
cuBiin, Hary, daoghter and hciRa* <rf TiMidH Korria Eaq. to Lord KiofJ DMCwinw,
e&h Mm of Chario, Irat Dflka of Blv Albua, whoaa grsMboB, OlMriM, aoa of l|w
Hon. Topham Bcanelnc, told the UaAor I« Biahari WMt, a iii ii iilwiil of UwwtfotA,
wboie dcaoiidant, BiriiaH Watt of Biahop Bwlo* b Toriiafalfa Eaq. b th» pi^mt
Loti.

Spake HbH ii pwtly mmmofttd hj a ngal, md !■ trnUt of timlm mi fiMlw.
Some part* -era aUMltBikaliMC or qWMKIlMMbi b«t <k> hovM la «mA eUtr.
Of thi. ^.1% «M Mr WWm Manm. •fc>, !■ Uw jw tM«, ffmM to tmn

obtained part << Aa Boyid Ubtttf *l OotpMA Afaw, Md MRM awlMM mJ
tlabonu oak pMcOl^ atfl n^Mac tf Spafab

* Alkrtoa «M bU 1; thr Uttow «Air tW 4* b W^n, «Im WM iW mw tfT

168 j^oltita etnttimnisL

[There is] 20^ left by Mr. Crompton, [the] Int. [erest] for Books
for [the use of] Poor Children.

[An] Inquis. [ition was] taken an. [no] 22 Jac. 1, bef.[ore]
B.[i8hop] Bridgman^ &c. ab* misemployed moneys belong, [ing]
to this School, (and to [the] Poor of Rum worth.) V.[ide] Dean.
MS. Hulm. 98, a. 16, 36.

Cl^aritM. ^^ eft to y« Poor by William Carter, 50* ; by John Lyon to

Halewood, 1^ p. [er] an. [num.]

^Ugm. WiR 9lil£2r<9K^ This Chappell was for

SHS many years ruinated and disused, but

the Duchy of Lancaster. In the 11th Henry VIII. the Manor was possessed by
Robert Lathom, from whom it descended to Thomas Lathom of Parbold, in the 2l9t
Jac. and was seized by the Commonwealth Parliament for the alleged delinquency of
Kichard Lathom Esq. his son, and sold in the year 1653, to John Sumpner of Med-
hurst in Sussex, for £3,700. It was again sold in the year 1670, to Richard PerciTall
of Liverpool, merchant, for £4^756, who, in his turn, sold it to James Hardman of
Rochdale, and John Hardman of Liverpool, merchants, in the year 1732, for £7,700.
The Hall and Estate afterwards became the property of William Roscoe Esq. by
whom they were held until the year 1816.

' Childwall Hall belonged to the Earl of Derby in the year 1650 ; and was rebuilt
by Bambcr Gascoignc Esq. M.P. the grandson of Isaac Green Esq. It is a castellated
edifice, of stone, from the design of Mr. Nash. The situation is picturesque ; and
the house has been the occasional residence of the Marquess of Salisbury, the noble
owner.

7 This "old stock" was probably the £55 detained by Edward Molineux of Gkirston,
yeoman; and also the £80 "and odd," in the hands of Henry Mossocke of Allerton,
yeoman, and William EUison of Wavertree, yeoman. School Reeves; and the £15
interest, ordered to be paid by Bishop Bridgeman, and four other Commissioners, at
the Inquisition at Wigan, 3d March 1625.

> Dedicated to St. Michael. Value in 1834, £138. Registers begin in 1777.

In the reign of Henry III. the Manor of Gtirston was held by Adam do Gerston,
under Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. It afterwards passed to the Norris family of
Speke, and was sold by Mr. Topham Beauclerk to Peter Baker and John Dawson,
who sold the same to Richard and James Qerrard, of whom it was purchased by
Richard Kent of Liverpool, merchant, for £2,200, and devised by his Will dated the
24th of November 1788, to Trustees, for his son in law, Lord Henrj' Murray, and

0ranfri> of {Ctarnngton. KiO

was rebuilt an. [no] 1716, by Mr. Kdw.[ar(l] Norris^ of Speak, with
3001 left by liis Mother for that use, and 60' given by Himself.
It is built upon }■* same ground w'^ the old one, but not quite as
large. The old Chap. [el] was probably Consecrated, a font being
found among y* Rubbish, and sev.[eral] graves in y" Chap, [el]
yard, th6 no service had been performed in it since y" Reformation.

Ccrtif.[ied] that no Endowment belonged to it.

Mr. Edw.[ard] Norria of Speak gave 300' for j* Augmentat.
[ion] an.[uo] 1717.

Eliiabdth, his rif?, and their infant Bon, Bif lurd Uum;. In the jeai 1793, the
Minor WBS agun sold to John Blaekbnme of lAtarpaaX, tad Ibwford in the coqnn
of WorceMer, Esq. irho djing in the jear 1627, wu buried here, when the Manor
pasted with hi* daughter and heirew to Thomas Sswkes Esq. M.P.

Tlie Chapel of Oanton «aa giren in the 4fith Henry III. bf Thomas de OnQi: to
hit son, Peter d« Grelle, who was Warden of Manrhester in the j«r 1235. Dame
CedU of Torboke, LwIt of Torboke, bj Will dated the 7lh of ManJi 1466, beqnealhn
"to the Chin-fa of Genlon, iii*. i('." The pedeatsJ and sorket ofa itane Croai itill
nmaiu in the Cb^l tard. The sacred strncrore is a nnall bnildiug inth a cripola,
and be«s date 1T07.— Bsmo, toL iii p. 756. The Curate is Dominated hj Bichard
WaltSUq.

Oanton Ch^id «as reported in the year 1650 to be *ety aneieDt, but in ruin and
dseay , sod do Intambnit there " for the picaent." It was oonsidovd El t-
■ Pariah Chureb, and that Speke, Oarston, and JHerton should he anneud to it.
Tile lithe of Oanton nas worth £36 per annum, and Mr. James Anderton former);
bcU it in Lease from the Bishop of Cherier; bnt hi rtason of Mr. Anderton'*
ttUaqaemej, it had bocn " sett and fiirmed," b; Mr. Peter .Imbrose, Agmt (l»
Baqnealiation, "to the use of the Pnbliqnt" Mr. Sorris paid !6». a year 6
•Etha and Eastar RoU for his own house. - Lami. XS8. roL u.

la Deoaber 1686, Mr. AmbroM migned ihe Vicanp of CULliralL -
Ckrtsright's Diary, p. 17.

* Thi* beoi£telaT n» Edwtrd 5onis MJ). yonngeet son of Hamas Kotiis of
Spike Kaq. Bad bis wife, L^atherinc^ daoefater of 8ir Hou; Oarw^, Aldetman of
lamiaa. Edward Kotria, and his nother, CatheriiK Xaci^ (w is s p sit Harris, m
ViAa^ UL .iaer.) win tbe cart; 6ia& of Joouali MvUiBd. nod hk bradw
J«h% ttoth aew at Mr. Balph UarUaad, Tksr of Cliildwaa— See Vidiola' LU. Ate.
tcL ir. (fk ffS-4. Or. Sorri* was bnitbtr of fir WOlisa Sorris U.V- wkoas Ih>
4 OB W* EbIms^ to tW Oral MogvL lAe both Us elder bnilkn, he

TOL, II.]

170 ^tttta etntntnnin.

Left by Tho.[mas] Marsh, tenant to Mr. Norris, 20^; and by
John Huyton, another tenant, 10^. [The] Int. [erest] to [be given^
to] the Curate.

3 m.[iles] from Childwall, and above 3 m.[iles] from any other
Church or Chap, [el.]
%aIM. [Garston,^ Aighburgh.*]

fflftap.lar- ^fi ***** Ccrtif.[ied] 17i.17-.00d, viz.

Pj^ ^''^' J2J ^^ 4^ paid by [the] Vicar of Childwall ;

— ^^®- 4j1 modus for Small Tyths, from y^ Lords of Hutt and Hale ; &,

Rent of Land purchased by Mr. Cook ; 2^, rent of land bought w*^
50^ given by Mrs. Marg.[aret] Norris; and 5^ by Cath.[arine]
Crosse; 17^ [the] Lit. [erest] of 17^ left by sev.[eral] persons. 1*
Surp.[lice] fees.

This is an ancient Market-town, having a Grant of that privi-
lege from King John.

An. [no] 1703 an award of y« Bp [was made] conc.[eming] y®
portion to be p^ by [the] Inhab. [itants] of Hale tow.[ards] y®
yearly Accounts of [the] Churchw. [ardens] of Childwall. R.
[egister] B.lpok,'] 3, p. 268. The like dispute was settled by
[the] E.[arl] of Derby an. [no] 1591, w° it appeared y* Div.[ine]
Service had been performed here time out of mind, and y* y«

' Ghirston Hall ia now a fi&nn-liouse, with one of the gables of wood and plaster,
and contained a Roman Catholic Chapel. It was formerly the property of the fiEumly
of Norris of Speke, and now belongs to Sir John Gerard Bart.

* Aigburgh Hall passed in marriage with Anne, daughter and coheiress of John
Toxliche, to William Lathom of Parbold, liying in the 12th Henry Ylll. ; and
shortly afterwards, it was in the possession of William Bretargh Esq. whose descend-
ants were the owners imtil the beginning of the reign of Charles I.

1 Dedicated to St. Mary. Value in 1834, £105. Registers begin in 1672.

The Tithes of Hale were giyen by Roger of Poictou to the Priory of Lancaster,
shortly after the Conquest. In the 14th Henry VI. the Parochial Chapel of Hale is
mentioned : and in the year 1406, Dame Cecill of Torboke bequeaths by Will " to the
Chirch of Hale, xiU-. ir^."

The old Tower of the Chapel still remains. The Chapel was rebuilt in the year

Oranrrp of SJUnrnnflWii. ITI

Cliappelry was severed from tltc Parish with [the] ]irci;iiu^tN hik!
bounds. V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

[Die] Lord of Hutt and Hale claimB y" Nom.[iiiatioii] of [tlic|
Curate; but [the] present [one was] put in by [the] Vicar. \7'i'Z.

1 Warden, [and] 1 Assist. [ant.]

5 ni.[iles] from Childwall ; 4m.[ilea] from any other Ch.[urch,]

wife.]

a School erected out of y" Town-stock; but no endow- '
S meut. [The site was given by Isaac Green, and Mary his

\ rR by Jane Middleton [in 1703,] 10>; W. Allot, fi'; [Ullen,
i wife of John Waiuwright, *5, 1713.]

iatliS eit!a|>:[£t.,]> in Tockstcath
Park near Childwall, suppoxcd to l>c

1754, the PalroHigc bong Ttuted m Ibe Blickbume famil;. A Fanoiuge IIoum
ni nvctal iu t he jesr 1824.

BatuUr natme Tuiled "Hile Church in com. Lane." titcni tba jmr 16tO, and
TCcord* two iiMcHptiaiu on gnie slona in (be Cliaiwxl, uf tlv datM liOO aod IWS.
Sk Bub«'* Eittory, loL iiL p. 7S0.

"HaleiiaPwocbisl Cbapelij fil to be mwk a diMiivl Pwitl^ bMMM* Umh 1* B«t
Of penon bcre tiiat hath tmj Mat or buriall pboc ia CliiUwall Charvb % inA wa
iUat Hal^ mmI Bale Bank, to bc(o^ M Uke aaid nnr Panah. Tkan ia no I'arMm^pi
arTieaiBssiatlieTo-aibVorBalci bat (iMn i* a WUt« nol of » ft* ia ilait,
aMd • doaatioB of £5 to the Clia|W«, fniD bjr Tito'. VawM of OaniM, klo ^le',
•eaub^ b. tiie tanda of Hm. Ua^. «k« Umm ahaD be a Mm' la Mfplr Ika OoM-
al pnant racaal. OObtrt Intod of Ifc* Halt Ba^, aWMa C* b* J>tfnM ot tkm ^
Cbpcl of Hala, and bal^ Ifc* i^ TKha oT tke Ctept^' of Ual^ Md Tll[ llllb.
aod pan of Halnood. netk S> pv ^ Md pad (« (ha Tkar af ChWmd^ tat
XMth £1, >ith (he EaXfr Dw> farUi haw.'— JLm*. JMA /Wf. Jto»i*. laUl

■TWdiWiiil of TiiUMh Part ■ «»ira paairlwa

I> tk y^ U50 Mi. H^^ (ao ifjl) m* Matew atf Tatfalh Chif< Mrf

■WiiiH rf by thaOMaai. ' - " " ''j " 'i

•«rtfcetfpw^H«,a>dAo£l«aro'*Mi M'- Waal, <b Bartar «f WriUw.
— - - ~ - .Hk«iM^«(h«chw.««rC^dlMM

172

^titia Cedtrteitdto*

extra-parochial, or in y« Parish of Lancaster, possessed by Dis-
senters, held by a Lease from L*^ Molineux, and [was] given in as
a house belonging to his Lp, by his Agents, w° they Registered
his Estate. An. [no] 1718.

This was a Park and waste land w^Njut Inhab. [itants] in
Q.[ueen] Eliz.[abeth]'s reign.

There is a Tradition that an Irish Bishop has preached sev.
[eral] Sundays in this Chappell.

i^* 24.ll.06i.
Pr.A. 0.10. 0.
Syn... 0. 2. 0.
Tri.... 0. 6. 8.

Fam

Pap

Pap. M.

194.
146.

aHLS>9HLl,^ about SOO^ p. [cr] an. [num.] Lady Mohuu,
Patron.

An. [no] 13th Eliz. [abeth,] Henry Halsall, Patron.
Inst.[ituiion] B,[ook,^ 1. Pap, B.\ook,'] p. 3.
Custom to Tyth [the] 11^^ Cock of Hay and Hattock of Com.
The hamlet of Snape in Ormskirk Par.[ish,] paycs Tyths one
year to Halsall, another to Ormskirk ; but Church-leys every year
to both Churches.

It was reported afterwards by the Commissioners that the Committee of Plundered
Ministers allowed "Mr. Thomas Huggins, an honest man, and a Qradnate,** the
Tithes of Toxteth, which amounted to £60 a year.

In the year 1774 an Act of Parliament was obtained to build a Church in Toxteth
Park in the Parish of Walton-on-the-llill, on the south side of the town of Liyerpool,
to be dedicated to St. James, there being only one Church, called St. Thomas's, in that
part of the town.

» Dedicated to St. Cuthbert. Value in 1834, £3051. Registers of Baptism begin
in the year 1611, imperfect until 1653 ; Marriages and Burials begin in 1662.

Halsall, the Herlcshall of Domesday, was held at the Norman Survey, by Chetel, a
Saxon, and his successor, Paganus dc Villiers, gave one carucate to Vivian G^emet, in
marriage with Emma, his daughter, to be held by Knight's service ; and Alan, son of
Simon, supposed to be descended from Chetel, held the lands of Robert de Villiers, in
the reign of Henry III. Simon de Halsall granted lands here in the 12th Henry III.
and in the 40th of the same reign, Gilbert de Halsall held the Manor of Halsall under
Sir William le Botiller, Lord of Warrington. The Manor continued in the Halsall
family until the latter part of the sixteenth century, when it was sold, along with the
Advowf«on, by Sir Cuthbert Halsall to Sir Gilbert Gerard of Gerard's Bromley Knt.

Oranrrt> of SQAmngion.

17S

2 Churchwardens : one chosen by [the] Rcctonr, (who sorvc*
for Halsalt ;) y* other by y* Lord of Halsidl, or hia Agi'.nt, who
serves for Down-Holland. 3 Assist. [ants. J Chiircli Ijny is liiid
by a IS"* throughout the Parish, as has long been accustomed.

Halsall; Down-Holland, (w'^'' is divided into Barton, Heskene, ffotutitf. A.
and Down- Hoi land ;) Lidiate, {part of which is called Egcrgath;)
Maghull, and Mclling, (part of w'"'' is called Coimscough.)

Halaall,'^ Lidiate ;^ Hallwood and Couiiseoiigh,^ botti in Mcllin|{, ''ft*"*,
[being ancient Seats.]

^fl^ nt is a Free Grani.[mai'] School adjoininj; to y ('liurrb, *tllont.
^is founded by Edw. [ard j Halsall Esq.' Lord of the Munotir,

who appears to hate detisMl it to hi» •erond aun, RadclUt'o Ourard Eu]. KnuiilCnlliur
of ChBrk'i Qi-rard, cnal^tl Baron Oernrd of BrsniloD in thi) year 104S, nnd ICnrt of
MKcleaGuld, in thu j-ear 1679. Hia aon, the iccond Earl, dying yrilliont l.tuo In llm
year 1697, unjustly disinherited bis brother, and dcTiaod the Eitntei to Oharliv, I^^iril

Mobun, vbo liad nuirned bit duhw, Cbarlotti!, daughter of Malnirarliig Kmj.

Lady MohuD married, in her nidowbood, Brigadier Oineral LowU Hnrdauul, tliini
eon of John, Gmt ViBi'ount Morduunt of Avalon in Sotnenotihiri!, and (■onruyed thU
Manor to bcr husband, (who died b I712-1B,) by wbote gnuidaoli, Cliarim Lowln
Monlaunl, it was sold to Thomaa Eix^liiilan S<3iriabriok of BRarinbriiik K*(|. wblkt tll«
Tslnable AdTowaon waa aold by the aame indiridual to Jonathan Bbuidall of LiviT*
pool Esq. and i» now vMted in B. H, Blundell Ek},

A Chantry in thii Churoh dedicated lo 8t. Nichola* anil H[, Mary, wu diawilTwI in
the year 1548, reatored in the jaa 1553, and nippTBHuit in the ynr IMU.

The Cborch waa reboilt in the year 1S91.

On June 22d 1650, Haludl wa« rclnmul a. an anitMl Pariah Cbureh, anil Mr. Tli'i-
maaJoluuon, the "able Hialatn." If e had for hi* aaUry > I'arwmaNii Iltnwi-aitd Obba,
worth £6. per annum ; rent of Imemeutii and i>ld Olabe, worth Sa*. lOil. a jmr | ami
nthe, worth £60 prr anniui. Me aUo r««it«d £I«U &"» th- Tlllw of i)'<ll«i4 aHil
Lidiate; and from Thomaa Gon. lor a Cottage an) titha Bam, I*. 6il, Oat ot (hka
Inge incDDM^ — for Ik wa« an iBAwstial Mppartar af tka mltng ttmimt, — h« ••■
reqninid lo fmj Hn. Tnwk, wifa of Mr. Pctrr TMrta, B.D. lb* Umhi, M iJKltat
BantOT.faOpCTMwm. bj aiit» U the OommiUm at VtmM*ff»t UUlmi. I mw
ion? to Had Ikat Mr. Tn^ «m ■ PlMaKat. — •« rr.K.».

i» > iMgB fla^ bri* ho— . iwM^j a^ tkuM»o( fha a mknt tUm^

rial BaU of Ikr Balaalk, Md •« fnt^Oj hwOl hf U*f Motaa.
dawM of Omtm Uwi. Muih^i 1U^ iM Om jmt t710
*LTdMte«MlbaM^MrMlKMWor>MM*>ti«tf*>U, w

hw

174 ^otttia ®e0lnnu»>i«

an. [no] 1593, and endowed w**» 20 marks p.[er] an.[num,
£13. 68. 8d.] [The] Master is nom.pnated] by [the] Lord of
Halsall for j^ time being, and during his minority, by y« Rectonr.
Writings in y« hands of Mr. Heyes, Steward to y« Lady of y«
Manour.

Cl^adtM. 9R^ OioatO UbImXU Founder of y« School, gave 20 marks p. [er]
9^K an.[num] to y« Poor, 18 of w«^ to six of y« most needy im-
potent persons of Halsall TownsP ; and 2 marks to one poor per-
son, [an] Inhab. [itant] of Down-Holland. [The] Poor to be
nominated by [the] Lord of Halsall, and during his minority, by
y« Rect. [or.] Settled upon Lands in Eccleston, and payable by y«
Lords of Eccleston to [the] Churchw. [ardens] of Halsall.

Given by Fitton, E.[arl] of Macclesfield,^ W'IS^'4A to Halsall;
and y« same sum to Down-Holland. By others, 20^ to Barton ;
20^ to Down-Holland ; 5^ to Heskene ; [£10 of which was given
by Edward Halsall, late of Down- Holland, and £20 by Henry
Fazakerley of the said Town ; but the other Donors are unknown.]
W* was given by [the] E. [arl] of Macclesfield is made up 20^ by
[the] Par.[ish.]

There is 17^ -6* '8^ more Poor-Money in Halsall, but [it is] not
known who gave it.

15^p.[er] an.[num,] at least. Poor Money, in Lidiate, arising
from Land in Lydiate, Aughton, and other places.

Richard 11. Agnes, daughter and heiress of Robert de Blackbume, conyeyed Lydiate,
by marriage, to Thomas, son of Sir John Ireland of Hutt and Hale, and his descend-
ant, Edv^ard Ireland Esq. in the 13th Charles I. left a daughter and coheiress, mar-
ried to Sir Charles Andcrton Bart, from whom it passed to the Blundells of Inoe.

The Hall consists of a centre of timber and plaster, painted in trefoils, with two wings
chiefly of brick. There are numerous armorial carvings and quaint devices in wood.
A room in the house has been used as a Roman Catholic Chapel since the Refor-
mation ; and for this purpose, the adjoining ruin called Lydiate Abbey, was originally
intended. The beauty and variety of the scenery in this neighbourhood form a pic-
ture too seldom realized in this county.

* Cunscough or Keniscough Hnll, was the seat of the Mossokes, a respectable
family of lesser gentry, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, and, probably, passed from
them by marriage, to the Blundells of Ince Blundcll.

Ocancrv of itBlnrrington. 17fj

^^ aC»aa.i,.' Ccrtif.[ied] that no- p
i^gJS^ thing belongs to it but 20' p.[er] an. f
[num,] paid by y* Rectoiir, and 5' Surp. [lice] fees.

V,[ide] Noin.[ination] of a Curate by [the] Rect.[or,] an.[no]
1702. Pap. Reg.
2 Chap, [el] Wardens, chosen by [the] Inhab, [itants.]
4 ni.[Uca] from [the] Parish Church.
The Poor's Stock is 150' out upon Personal Security. tf

' Edtrnnl HsIsoU Esq. (caUnl Stnulcj in Buinco'e mttory, Tol. jv. p. 260,) WM*
sometime Chambrrlain of tlie Eichoqucr ut diostor, ood died in tho year 1HI3, a.p.- -
See Fuller's Worikiei, toI. i. p, 652. Ha vat tuoceeded in hii E»lJit«e hj Lij kiimfnan,
Hear; Eodeaton of Ecclcston Esq. bdccsIof of the praent Muierial uwner uf
HaUall.

* For tome kccouni of Ibis Dobleuua »ec Not. CaH. rol. i. pp. 273, Z!f9, Nol««

' PUnra 8«Dl unkooini. Value in 1834^ £122. Bcfpaton brgin in 1720.

TJctretl held Slagole at the Conipiest. "King John," wy< Liii?u, "garo the fbortfa
put of the lown of Maghull (pronounced Mail) to William d« Hatibull, wlieni liii
p(wt«ritit have Lred ever lince." A verj elaborate Pedigree of the tamilj', dedoeMl
&ora original erideuces, i* lecorded in vol- lii. of MS. Lamr, Ptdignei. 'Ra Haniir
wa* *old in the laat centur; to Viaeonnt Uoljaeni, and had paaaed by aale to William
Hawdnle; E«q. before the jaa 1615.

A Chapel was boilt here at a lerj aiij period. The ninth Aiile of the prCHint
MrtirtiiR! B diTided Irtim tlie Kare bj tbrae maaaiTe arcbea, a&J m the oliliat pi>Tli»B
of tbo edifice The otbcr parta are modeni. Id the jmt lUO IW Piilliliiiiili nan
reported that "MaghnD ban aDlieU Cliappel called llnle C1ta7pri,a«d* ivod oTIaod
about the mid Chappd w It to be eajojed ihetnrilh j aad M n^prd of iW mBcte-
Mat of the Mid Cb^pd boa ar otk* Chncfa, wa Ikak iu IH 1« to Md« • ParM^
bcii« 41 Bika froB HalMiL Mr. WWm JUfi^O, • pWU Md ^Of ffil-ir.
hath the Tjtb. ef Male, be>i« jWI ^ anM, oM of «A ha p^w to lipiL nw^
wifegfttokia Miaiilii. • lO". ii i irWig to Aa 0»di>rflt>Ca— JM^rf Haa.
tend MiMtan.*— ah: Jbf.£Mt.JM«. •«<.«. — - -

176 j^otttta etnttitmifL

Z1.1.SN0J Certif.ped] 28i.lO«.
(X>i, viz. 201 paid by [the] Rectour;
House and 3 acres of ground, 5^; left by John Tarbock, [in] 1675,
2^ p.[er] an.[num;] Int. [crest] of 5^ left by Mrs. Crompton, 5*;
Surp.[licc] fees, li-5».

4 m.[iles and a] i from Halsall, near Maghall.
2 Wardens.

£t{)00l [was] built here about ten years agoe ; the ground
upon w^^ it was built, with two Stat.[ute] acres more, was
given by Rob.[ert] Molineux Esq. About 40^ left by one Edw^
Smith of Cunscough, by Will dated 1709; and 20^ by Mr. John
Tatlock, (by Will dated 1708;) w* other donations there are nei-
ther Curate nor Churchw. [ardens] can tell. [The] Trustees allow
but 4^ p.[er] an.[num] to [the] Master, and refuse to give an
Account of w* is in their hands. Certif,\ied] by [the] Curate,
an. [no] 1717.

eft to y« Poor of Melling, at sundry times, 25^, now in y«
hands of Rich^ Tatlock; 3tf, given by some of his Ances-
tours; 101, by J. Banks. Certif.[ied] an. [no] 1718.

> Dedicated to the Holy Bood. Value in 1834, £140. Bcgisten begin in 1618.

Melinge was held at the Conquest by Qodeue. It appears to haye been granted by
Roger de Poictou to Vivian de Molines ; for his son, Sir Adam de Molines, gave to
the Church of St. Mary of Cokorsand, lands in Melling and Cunscough, under the
seal of the Cross MoUne. A branch of the Molyneux fiunily was seated here in the
43d Edward III. and Bichard, second Viscount Molyneux, died seized of the Manor in
the year 1662.

The family of Bootle were located here in the reign of Henry V. and continued to
reside at Melling until the year 1724, when Lathom was purchased by Sir Thomas
Bootle Knt. M.P. Chancellor to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Attorney General
for the Bishop of Durham. His niece haying married in the year 1755, Bichard
Wilbraham of Bode Hall in the county of Chester Esq. M.P. conveyed the Estates
to his &znily, which are now vested in his son, Edward Bootle Wilbraham, created
Baron Skelmersdale in the year 1828.

The Parliamentaiy Commissioners in 1650 reported that Melling was an antient
Parochial Chapel with a fair yard, well walled. It had a Mansion-house with Glebe,

Qfantrn of ZStarilngton.

<!l&2r®K.i Certif.[ied] 42i, viz. House, Oarden, and >T. g).
Glebe, } of an acre, 4}; all Tyths due to [the] Vii-ur, L; "S"'!'!:
" ■; left by W. Carter, 5' p,[er] an.[iium.] An.fuo] ^■- jj •■' J
1676, W. Davidson left 131 -6" -8'', [the] Iiit.[erc8t] to ir»ni. .,.'.., i»

[be paid to the] Vicar. Bond in y* hands of y" Chureliwardt'ns. bim. M, p.

The 5' p.[er] an.[nuni,] was left for a Charity Sermon upon y" ["iw. y!*.)

Purificat. [ion,] w'' is paid out of an Estate in Holcwood, [iuj

Cbildw.[aU] Par.[i9h.]

A New House [has been] built since tliis return.

worth £3 pec sonum ; a parcel of Ol^be, wortli lOe. per annum, but rented *t h. per
■onuni, b; Jafan AjpinalL The Tithes of Mailing wOTo worth £00 pur annum, uid
oonstitnled the BaUry of Mr. John MnlliiiBcni, the Miiuiter, who palil Mn. 'I'mvla
the tenth part, bj Order of tbe Comrailtoo of Pluniicrud Miiiinteri. Un oimie in
bjr the eloulion of the Township, uid euppli«i the Curu in ■ guillji wid iiIiIl< uuniiur.
The Ch^wl wac aaid to be seven miles from the I'urish Cbun-li, anil lit to bn niathi a
distinct PaiiA. — i'arl. laq. Lamb. 3iSS. toL ii. I'hB Eoctor of UhIsbU iiuuiiuatoa
the Curate.

I Dedicated to St. HichieL Value in 1834, £150. UrgUten of ItHpti'iii Uii'm !>■
IG7Si Horriage* in 1587 ; and Buriids in 1(W5.

In the rcigu ot Edward the Confi»Hir, Ilituno wo* held b; Dot, a Tlianc 1 ami, al
Iha Conquest, it was annelid to the Baroof of Widnea. Ill tbe feign of Ilmr; III.
Bobort do lathum, descended from Robert, the Fuuiulur of BurMM>uj[h Pr'urrj, aiul
aom of Henrj de Torbovk, held under the Earl of Liueuln, tlum Haniii ul H'idnmt,
one Enight'i 1^ in KnowsW, Uullon, ami Tburboc— r«<a U* NttiU.' 'lliaa* lb-
son p*La*ed into the Derbj Gunil; b; the marriagr uf Iiabella, ilaughtar awl iMiMM
of Sir Thoma* I«thom, wilb Sir John SIBDI17. Tbia Manor, boWMev, a ji pMn to
have ban ■ (DbinleaduiOD, and Xo ban's bcm b«id aftvrwarda b; aMtlM* of tba
ImOttmA, wluMc heucaa toanjtA it lo tlw UaninglaB bail/ 1 of whict wm J«ha
Hvn^laa of Hajloii Saq. CidlMMr of tha Wlawrth in llw UminA flf IM7, ta
tk IMk BaB7 TL I* lb* 9DUi O^tj VIII. HaMO Umjwpam U4, H It aal^ tb
MMoofH^Uki ^dtM JMiiBhUi iiailiaaiil tow^da ^. mM Ito iriy firt
rf^lt^itiy. lBihBji^l708JokaH«TMwtMiEii|.MdClMrfMliarfiii(lM
tT-T TMiia wilhia. iiTinkiitra lit rfrrrfrr-nl 'r — "- "— - lo aMia llMir

rfH^to»»a»wi«rfi»Owfc«.P>to«rf *w »afcw). tfc. H««. Ifirtarf Mafraww,
MB ^ b> of Wa^ TiM>»( UtJ^jmmi, Havy Vba««w4 uf pMaOTOwa
■n Mi iiltwa. iwlhi^iay iff^fai Ilwi^lii»i»l Mm.
Ai4ta« «f VfUm V«m ■ tW avMlf «f W<m«— M Ka^
TOL U.]

178 0otitiA Cedtrienm'js*

This Church was given by y« Founder to y« Priory of Burscough.
V.[ide] sup. Mon,[a8iicon,']

An. [no] 1383, Will, de Swallow admissus ad primam Canta-
riam et omnia bonse memorise Jo. de Wynwiek in EcclesiA de
Huyton. MS, Hulm, 95, LW, ex Cartul. Epi Cov, ^ L.

An. [no] 1558, the Crown presented. Inst.\itution\ JB.[oo*,] 1,
p. 50.

An. [no] 1615, S' Rich.[ard] Molineux, Patron. JB.[ooA:,] 2,
p. 58.

Patron, Mr. Farington, Trustee for L^ Molineux. Now in his
own Right. V.[ide] Mem.lprandum] B.lpok] of B^ Daw[e]8.

Unswortli Seel Esq. (of the New Hall family,) is the present Manerial Lord, in right
of his grandmother, the heiress of the Harringtons.

The Church was given to the Priory of Bnrscough by Robert de Lathnm, in the
twelfth century. "Hoyton Church" was valued at £10 per annum in the year
1291. Ecton calls the Parish " Hilton, alias Huyton ;" but the former name does
not occur in any ancient evidences.

Before the 17th Henry VII. the Asshetons of Croston had a grant from the Priory
of a Chantry in Huyton, and the Advowson of the Church ; and, in the next reign,
Thomas Assheton brought an action in the Duchy Court against Thomas Hesketh,
and others, as feoffees, for tortuous possession of the Chantry and Advowson of Huy-
ton Church, and having recovered them, died seized of them in the year 1690.

The Advowson was subsequently in the noble family of Molyneux ; and in the last
century passed to the House of Derby, in which the Patronage is still vested.

The Church was rebuilt in the year 1647, and new seated and repaired by John
Harrington Esq. in the year 1663.

The Chancel has a curious hammer-beam roof, but of a kte date, and a fine Hood
Screen of the time of Henry VII.

Ordinatio VicariiB p. K. Cov. et Lit<;h. Epum ▲.D. 1273. Beg. Cartar. EocL
Lichfeld, fol. 291, iffarl. MSS. No. 4799.)

Ordinatio Vicari® de Huyton al. Hugton, hct. ▲.D, 1277, et Confirmat. per Ba-
dulphum Decan. et Capit. Lich. eodem anno Cartular. Monasterii de Burscough in
Com. Lancastr, in officio Ducat. Lancastr, apud Hospitium Grayense, Lond. £ 62.
Compositio Eccles. do Huyton, Lich. Dioc. Dat. apud Heywood 6 die Septr. A.D.
1383. — Cowcher of the House of S. Nicholas de Burscogh. MS. in the Office of the
Dutchy of Lancaster, in Gray's Inn, fol. 87, 6, ad fol. 94, a. — DucareFs Repert,
Lamb. Lihr.

The Impropriate Tithes of Huyton in 1650 were worth £150 a year, and were
received by Kichard, Lord Viscoimt Molyneux. The Vicarage was worth £10 per
annum ; chief rents, 4fl. per annum ; and £80 was deducted from the Impropriation

Braanf af KUntagtea.

171»

.\ii.[iio] 1708, w* upon a TrUU at Ijiw, \V, KahH^rton of Wor-
den was adjudged [the] tnie Patron, and a Mandamus diiTctod t»>
y Bp to accept liis Clerk .- [and ret in 1740 Lord Molini-ux piv-
sented. Eclon.]

Huyton-cum-Roby, Knowslcv, and Tarbock; for which i\\vrv KWn^.X
are 3 Churchwardens.

Huyton-hey,' KnowsIeT,^ Tarbock,* [and] \A'oIfnll.» *«!«■ *

[The] Par,[i8li] is 4 m.files] long, [and] i broad.

■fcinMaid, which wm tben in Ihe poM«nion of Mr. WUliMiY Boll M.A. llii- ISutitr,
" and paid to him M a MiniBtor IHnprant nithin thii itiuiit.T, lij Mr. I'oUKril, Iho
Ttmiter of the rcreoues of the Duuliy of LBni«ater. Mr. BpII ii a man woU
qnalifled for all parts, aud a go<llj ntudioua prcachlug Miniatvr, who uaino Into thU
place b; the free election of the People and approtiat* of tho Parliani(>iil."-'i^>Mt,
MSS. vol. ii. He was one of Ihe King'i PrcMhen, and bud been onlivinffll lij Hliboji
Bridgeman. IIi> bocnme Vicar of Hu,vton in the ynar 16iO, and bplil tlin LUIiiH
during bU tlie changes of the times : but not conforming In the jmr IIWI, (afUn' tlii>
Pismple of two of his Bon>, who obtained promotion,) be lofl it. Calanij alate* tlial
bo died in (be year 1081, aged seventy -four. The <Ul« on hi* monumnil In Iluytoij

Church is the 10th of March 1'
Traeti recommended by Mr. 1
VicanofUuyton.

lu Ihe year 1705 Mr. Christopher tiiidell, who ulylad himwlf Bn^tor, (omlMwl In
Baiues'i Catologne,) stated that the Tithe* of Iluylim worn nut iRipruprialoil, bul
that the Church was endowed both with the great and anutU TilfaHi, aiul that (lia
AdTowsoD bcdonged lo Ab-iander Iletkrtb Rtq. — JTolUia ParopUaH; Lamh. Mr.
TOL tL p. 153S.

' HDrioD-bey HaD was tbe rnidmee of Ihir knlglilly bmilf frf llarrlii|tvn, awl was
eanTered in mairi^ by an heireH to Mr. Moliueoi uf Xrw lldl lu Wolbiii, In lli*

li«th year. He publisli
■ omitt«d in Uaiiins'i (Mtalugua of llin

■ Enowdii? FWk ia one of tiw scab of tb<r brl of Owl7, Mkl WW ohtalwd by Ittf

Wot-aorSvTkMaa I^kMKal. ialk«lto*anUHM#4 H. Th*
■ t«iltat««NMalflM,»dilHman«My ■ wMtnK iiwI IwMMfntlUi
|- -lar^. II liin I I ,- - - ^ - - " IkiMiH «*

Tari>odk,MMitelMaeflf BAmI I. !■< ^w — >■ to tim mM^-n lA ikt

180 ^otitia entritmi*.

^S^ nt is a Gram. [mar] School, but wheii and by whom Found-
2^^ ed, and wh. [ether] Free or uot, is not kuown. It is repaired
by y* PariBh ; and y" Churchwardens are Trustees to y* School-
Stock, yf^ is about 210', besides 13' ■ 6" ■ 6^ left by W. Davidson,
and 5' by Tho. [mas] Massey ; [the] Int. [erest] of w^ is paid to
y" Master, who is named by y* Churchwardena.

. 2|K (ft about 60 y.[ears] t^oe, [by Mr. William Bell M.A. who
^g died in 1683,] 3', now lost; left by W"> Webster, an. [no]
1648, [qu. 1684,] 80', [the] Int. [erest] to be paid at y rate of 4f
per cent, ; and to [the] Poor of Tarbock, 5(fi, [the] Int. [erest to
be paid at the rate of] 5' p.[er] cent. ; to y same Poor, by Anne
Richardson, [in 1686,] and R.[ichard] Garnet, [in 1707,] IC
each; [and by] Tho. [mas] Massey, 5'.

Left by Lady Derby to Knowsley and Huyton, 200'; 50" in
each place [to be given] to poor Widows, the other to bind out
Apprentices. Not yet paid. Enquire of L"" Arran and Mr.
Bromley, Execut'. Vic.[ar]'t Account, an.[no] 1719.

C^IAS,' Certif.[ied] 32'-18'-04d, viz. House and
Glebe, (betw,[een] 7 and 8 acres,) 16'; paid by [the]
Improp. [riator,] 15' ■ 13' ■ 04-'; small Cottage, 10*;

^ll;%^s*'i. '^^^^*1 given by Mr. Naylour, and said to be perpetuall, 15';

fm^^^'i^ [the] Surp.pice] fees belong to [the] Improp. [riator,] but are

^iir '.'".'.'. IK. farmed by y* Vicar at 2' p.[er] au.[num.]

dWm.
Ubomt UO.J abont the 25th Hcnfy III. The Estate iriu conTcjed in mnrrUge, abont the jear
1653, b; Ann, daughter and heireai of Thomw Wolfall Esq. to Robert, aon of
WiUiam Harrington of Ilujton-hey Esq. and was settled by Act of Parliament, in
the jeax 1706, on tbe marriage of Cbarleii Ilarrington Esq. nith his first wife. From
this family it paaied with their bcirees to the Uolineui's of New Hall, whose repre-
•entatire, Thomas Molineta Unsworth Seel Esq. lately sold it to the Eacl of Derby.

' Dedicated to St. Mary. Talne in 1834, £263. Bf'gisterg begin in 1560.

The Manor of WMtleigb, commonly called Leigh, and pronounced by the inbabi-

Branrrv of nUmRgton.

IKl

Ilob.[ert] Penniugtou left 6* p.[erl aii,[iiuni,] to wmimt'iuv
after y' death of Eliz.[nbcth] Johusoii, still liviiiK, mi[iiti] 17lW,
An.[no] 169C, [by Deed dated ITth Aug. UiftJ.J left by Mr,
Rictiard Hulton [Hilton,] lO* p.[cr] mi. [mini,] fur u Soi'nwm mi
St, Stephen's Day, w° his Legacy to y" l'o(jr.[oRt I'coiiln, beiii^c
Protestants, or so reputed, who come to Chiircb to heiir tlii< Ser-
mon,] is distributed.

tanla with > peculiar gutlunl souiid iudiimtivv uf tliuir iIiikiiiiI. Innii l.lii< 'l^liiiili>
tribes, wat held uudcr the BuUora, IlnroQs of Wnrrmgiiiii, liy OtillW'y ilu WDitli<l||li,
in the litnu uf Richard I. S^rf^rodn, Buppuaed tu b[< tliu liKiniH ufllila htnllf, ihiiI'

lejed it in mnrriagc to Umntoii of Umuton, in whow ninlo iIimihihiIniiIi II i"iii.

tinuMt until llic dvath of Rii'hard UrmBlon Bai|, in tli« jimr 16GU. Ilu li>fl< Ihrw)
daughter!!: MoT}' marricul Robert Ilvaton uf WMtloigh i Kmnon duuyIkiI, IImi,
Richard Shutllcnorth of Botford Ebij, (ob. 1060,) and ■wiuudlji, Qvurgn IlnuLiliiw
of OToenBcrei ajid Anna married Thomaa Mu*i«i<;k of lliwluriliiwil. Itj tlin rMjiru-
•fntative* of these iiohuircucs the Eatatva witd aold in thn lul wiililrj', wliMi tit*
Huierial rights paased to the Atherton* of Atherton, and lbs HUtotli ot I'Mliilnfliin.
Id the jear 1797 oae-fourth of the Manor wh amjuirud by thn lint Idint Lllbnl,
fuher of the preaent joint Jdanarial ovarr, on bia autrriafp with llmuMM HarU|
daughter and c»heirMii uf Robert Atberton Ooillyiii Kwj. i anil t)u> rMUalnlllf tllMV-
fourthi! are Teited in Samuel Chi-Iham Hilton Ekj.

"'nieChiiTchofLeilbe"iiTtluedat £8pflr annnm in tba Ta/or «f Po)* VMuIm,
■lllioiigh the coDtnrj it «tat>d l« be the caae I17 B^DM, *oL UL p, W>. In Hw 0tk
Edinrdn. thpAdTo<Hnii>aa*crtediiilhernnrtMMt ^i kt thm ttOt tUwtfi ttl
it wa. bdd b; Sir KobM de H<Jkod tor Ihc Priofy of Vp-UoOuma. DmimMnf la
Mnd, gnod-danghta tmd boRB of Hir B«laft, » pMMd hy mtnUp U, Hit tiAm
LvTtO] Md in iht CU Bttaj TL Um A^Mlin Otmm of MiiOmj Vrv/rj i» llw
«Mtj of Vvwirfc, jHihiiil ttfa AJ>««aM ftoM WUHmk, Lovrf 1^*11. mwI la tim
yew fcOowinc ted LcOcm PHMt fariffnfvMiH t^ BM*«>r-

DM. s CbHL C**<" ^ «»fc»^ 17 «• HmM a«. MM.~K «i K. 7. .4>^ '^flb.

biM U «r A^. Ut K «^ Ml. E. t^£wmA if inJng Dw A4*«vm« W flbl

VMk7, > Ar r* HMl h>l ■ ThmiP kMM, .4^ MM 4# iM«. M« M* Mt'
liW^«MA<•r»M■; «t «*ir fc*^ «*>« >»■<! tw^, — * • hi-» aMf
»«ift O. l^lwi ill Hylfc-:ftM«yi|faj*Ml,fci« If IWi— *»>—*■>

- 4a*« Ip A> fw MMtf ■ aa, " hX m * to

Mill gii M<— |iii> >«i| nu*».U.md

182 04^titUi etntvitnfii»*

[The] Vicar, [age] house [was] rebuilt by Mr. Ward,^ y« pres.
[ent] Vicar.

Patron, Rich.[ard] Shuttleworth Esq. and others. [Richard
Shuttleworth presented in 1696. Ecton.]

This Church was given by William, Lord of Lovell, Bumell,
and Holland, Knight, to y« Mon.[astery] of Erdbury in Warwick-
8h.[ire,] at y® desire of S^ Ralph Bottiler, Baron of Seudley, and
L^ High Treasurer, Founder of y® said Mon. [astery,] and approp.
[riated] by [the] B.[ishop] of Gov. [entry] and Litch. [field,] an.
[no] 1450, reserving to [the] Vicar a stipend of 13 marks p.[er]
an.fnum;] [a] Pens. [ion] of 6«.8d to [the] BP; 38.4^ to [the]
Archd.[eacon] of Chester; and 6^ . 8^ to the Poor. Old Reg.
[w/er,] E,E.E,

[A] stipend [was] reserved to [the] Vicar [of] 10i'13»«4<*, to
which 5^ was since added. Part of [the] Surp.[Uce] fees belong
to [the] Impropriator. Vic,[ar] Ward^s Acif- an. [no] 1704. Pap^
Reg,

An. [no] 1452, Approp. Eccles. de Legh et Dotatio Vicariw

a Parsonage house, are rec** by the Agents of Seq° for the use of the State, some parts
of which go to the State, and the S**" belongs to the daughters of the said Mr. Urm-
ston. We conceiye that one-half of the s** Parsonages and demesne lands belongs to
the Parish Church of Leigh, as Church land. The Tithe com of Pennington, being
£A0 per annum, is settled on Mr. Hayhurst, by order of Pari*. The Privy tithes,
worth 13s. belong to Mr. Urmston, the Impro^ The higher side of Bedford has
Tithes belonging to the Vicar of Leigh, now rec** by Mr. Herst (Hayhurst,) worth
£20 per annum, part of the s** £124. 8s. 2d. The lower side Tithes have been rec<* by
Mrs. Agnes Travis for eight years past, and belonged to Richard Urmston of Kink-
nail Gknt. worth £4. 13s. 4d. and due and paid to Mr. L^rmston of the Parsonage ;
but now seq** for his delinqJ", and rec** by the Public. If paid in kind they would be
worth £20. A yearly rent of £8 per annum is p** in Athcrton by John Atherton
Esq. in lieu of Tithe, to Richard Urmston Esq. by virtue of a Grant made in the 1st
Elizabeth, 1558, by Richard Urmston to Sir John Atherton Knt. for certain years
yet in being. Worth £20 this year." — Lamb. MSS. vol. ii.

At the Dissolution, the Advowson of the Vicarage appears to have become vested in
the Urmstons, who were the Lessees of the Tithes, and continued in the representa-
tives of that family until purcliased about the year 1785, by R. Atherton Gwillym
Esq. from whom it has descended to the Right Hon. Tliomas, Baron Lilford.

- The Rev. George Ward was instituted in the year 1696, and died in the year 1733.

Sranrrii of Z^arrington. 183

ad summam 16 mercaniiii, Peus. Ep" *i». viii''. Arcli. Cestriie,
iu'. iv^. MS. Hulm. 95, /. 11, ex carlul. Epl Cov. and Litchf.

An. [no] 1504, [a] Vicar [was] presented by [the] Prior and
Convent of Erdbury. Imt.\itulion\ B.\ook,'\ 1, p. 1,

An [no] 1616, pres.[entation] by Rich.[ard] Urmston Esq.
B.\pok,'\ 2, p. 63.

An.[iio] 1619, [a] Caveat [was] entred by [the] E.[arl] of
Hartford, who claimed y Advowson from his Great Grandfather,
the Diike of Suffolk. B.{ook,'\ 2, p. 70.

An. [no] 1620, Mr. Urmiston presented again. /6.[irf,] p. 98.
No present at. [ion] since entred in y" Books.

An. [no] 1693, [a] Case about an Assessment for y' Bells.
■V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

Atherton, Tildesley-cmn-Shakerley, Penington, Astley, Bed- ColntK. e.
ford, West-leigh.

Sii Churchwardens ; for every TownsP one. Six Assist, [ants,]

Atherton,^ Chaddock,* Feuington,^ [Cleworth,]' and 2 Granges, T^aU.
oiily small Farm-bouses. [QtL Dam-honBe^ and Morleys.^J

• Atherton H^ »» boilt by iiherion B»q, in tbe ■erenteenth eoAjaj, on

hi* mbuidoDing Lodge Hsll, the sndent moated Manor honse. Thi* Hall wu luper-
eeded bjr uiother, of nipprb dimensjotu, wlucfa via conunmcnl in the jvmr 1723, and
Goiltied in (be jeat 1743, at a cost of £63,000 1 tbe principal front being one hundred
and two feel in eitpnt. A deacription of the hooM is giien in the VUmnmt Brilait-
■tfo, ToL iii. p. 89. In tfa^ T^" 1825 this splendid mansion vaa taken down, bj the
fint Lord Lilford, and a brm house erected upon the demesne.

* Chaddock HaQ in Tildealej, wu, in the otrlj part of the laat cnitarj, the scmt of
a Ennilj of tbe same name^ — to be cardnllr distingviahRl from Cbadwick, — althongh
M> designated bj Bainea, ToL iiL p. 606. Before the jear 1774 the Manor of Tildealey
■ad Chaddock Hall had bteone Iha proport; of Samuel Clowes of Manchflilcr Baq.
aod >•• now hdd b; hi* third, bat cUeM nuriTing soil, William Leigh Cknrea of
Braxton Han B^

a Pennington, in tbe 30th Henrj m. ■■• the Uanor of Eichard de Peningtoa,
lAicA iMd paased to the Bradshaigb* of Hatgh, in tbe reifn of Edward IIL frcm
wbom it deaecDded to a jannger son settled at AspulL Margaret, dangbter ai^
hanaa of John Bradahaw «f Pennington Esq. and gml-graod-dangbler of Bichard
Biaddiaw, tbe BmArtttr ot Ibc School and Poor, married Oeorge Farington of
Woden Eaq. who, in the jcar 17S6, sold the Hall and some EMales for £4,550, la
gamnel Hilton Esq. -, whose descendaDl, Samuel Chetbam Hilton Esq. conrered iIk

184 Jlotttia etiMitMi».

J^rfiaaL ^|^^ 1^ [Grammar] School and 5^ [£6?] p.[er] an.[numj said
^^S to be given by Mr. Richard Bradshaw of Peningtou (in
1681 ;) 5^ P-[er] an.[niim] more, I have heard was given by one
Ramiard, [John Ranicars of Atherton, by Will dated 16th Aug.
1655,] and y« tenants to certain Lands pay it; and 2^ p.[er] an.
[numj I have heard was given by one Wright, but I never saw
any Deeds, nor can I tell where to enquire for y™. [James
Wright, in 1679, and Randal Wright, in 1686, left each the inter-
est of £20.] Vic.[ary8 Acc^ an. [no] 1719.

V. [ide] Recom. [mendation] of a Master. Pap. Reg,

Estate, by sale, in the year 1808, to Benjamin Gkiskell of Thomee House in the
county of York Esq. The Hall was rebuilt in the last century by Samuel Hilton Esq.

^ Cleworth Hall passed in the time of Queen Elizabeth, with Ann, daughter and
heiress of John Parr Gent, and widow of Thurstan Barton of Smithills Esq. to
Nicholas Starkie Esq. and is chiefly memorable as the scene in which seren indiyi-
duals, in the year 1594, became the dupes of a knave called Hartley, and supposed
themselves to be possessed with evil spirits. The Bev. John Darrell B.A. who wit-
nessed some of the vagaries of these credulous persons, afterwards published his ver-
sion of the marvellous events, which led him into a controversy on the subject with
Mr. Samuel Harsnet, afterwards Archbishop of York; and it is said that the 72d
Canon was framed to deter Ecclesiastics, in future, from imposing on the credulity
of the vulgar, as Darrell had done. Dr. Dee, the Warden of Manchester, appears to
have prudently declined interfering in the business, which has been shorn of some of
its marvels by a Discourse published by the Bev. George More, Minister of Caulk
in the county of Derby, who, with Darrell, and others, undertook to dispossess the
members of Mr. Starkie's family. He says that Mr. Nicholas Starkie having married
a lady that was an inheritrix, and of whose kindred some were Papists, these, partly
for Beligion, and partly because the Estate descended not to heirs male, prayed for
the perishing of her issue, and that four sons pined away in a strange manner ; but
that Mrs. Starkie learning this circumstance, estated her lands on her husband, and
Ms heirs, fiuling issue of her own body ; after which a son and daughter, (John and
Anno,) were bom, who prospered well until they arrived at the age of ten or twelve
years, when the demoniacal assaults commenced. The Estate of Cleworth was always
inconsiderable, consisting but of one hundred and sixty-three acres of land, now the
property of Le Gendre Piers Starkie of Huntroyde Esq.

7 Dam House in Tyldesley, is distinct from " Hope, alias Langley House," (Baines,
voL i. p. 606,) situate nearer Leigh on the same Estate. It was built by the Morts
in the seventeenth century, adjacent to the site of the former dam of a mill, long
since removed, and is a good specimen of the bay window style. Many additions md

OeanrtD of JU^amngton.

185

Who founded y* School is not known ; but the pres, [ent] Mas-
ter, by Contrib. [utions,] hath rebuilt it. The Vicar hath Homc-
times uoni.[inatcd; but] who hath y^ Eight [is] uncertain. I
nei'er could leara exactly y* [amount of] money given, or by
whom, lie lar]'s Account , au.[no] 1722.

a tben by Mr. Henry Travis, [iu 1624,] IQl p.[er] an.[num,] CtHtttirt.
to be dii-idcd among 40 poor people, at 5' apiece, the money
secured upon Land, and to be given upon Thursday in Passion
Week, every year, near the grave stone of the Testator ; by Mr.
Richard Hilton, [in 1682,] 10' p.[er] an. [num.] to be divided in
the same manner, [and 6s. 8d. or not more than 10s. for a dinner
for the entertainment of the Minister who preaches, and the

[iBtpl; for the ncighhour-

1 iytU-m of Bgriuultuial in

rmtoratioiiB hate \ate\j boon made ; it is now
hood, (ho n-'iiduDce of its owners, and the cod!
menta uuriod out most eiWnsivdy sod judicic

" Morleyn Uttll, in Aetiey, waa ths «eat of the Lcflaaib in tlic roign of Hunrj
Vlll. ; and of tliia hoiue Lelaod, the Botiquftry, irril«a, " Morle in Darbjihire, [i.e.
West Derbj,] Mr. LcUndta PUcs, a buildid Dating tlio Fundstion of Stone, RqiuHd,
that risiLb vithia a great mooto \i Voote aboic tho Water, are of T^brr, aAiT tha
comniuue sort of building of Ilouies of the Omtilmen for ino«t of laiiicMtrcahirc.
Them is much Pli:aaur of Orchardue of great Vorite of Frut«, and Cur mado WalllM
and Gardines at ther is in anj PUto of Lancast res hire." Wardley in Wonlojr, wa»

obtaiiml bj the marrtagi; of Tihleslc} .wilb Margaret do Woratej, temp, Kdward

in. or Bicbard II. ; and on the death of his daoondaul, Thurriaa TildnU? B*q.
whoae Inquiailion waa taken in the year 15&4, tbe Wardlc; Eft>t« bcvamo ratal in
ThonuM Tildesle; Esq. his ton and heir, and oa* aold in parccb hj Tbuntao, aoa of
tbia Tbomaa, and Either of Sir Thomu Tildetley of Oraj'a Inn, Altonu7 OfocmI Ibi
the Duchy of lAncaitcr. The aaid Sir Thomaii married Ann, il»ughl*r aad holraH of
Thonua Harm of Orlbrd, in the j«r 1593, whoH aurtiring daughl«T» and oobaiMaMa
married Edmund Brena, aad Adian Mort, both of Praton, and tbe Eflataa of Orfbfd
paHfJ. hj (ucccaatre wlea, to John BUckbiuiu) of Seirton, who bad married Umt-
garet, daughter of Bobert Korra of Bolton. Thii Margaret vaa erroncoiul; alybd
b; Sir lisac Heard, "beima of BobertNorrea ;" bnt a Tcwnt entry in the Colk^ of
Anne haa diaeorered, and rectified the error. — Xatf. Tiii. Coit. Arm.

Tbe roeaue Manor of Morleyi paaied is marriage artlh Anne, daughter and beireaa of
lliomaa Leylamd Eaq. to Edward, neood *on uf Thuratao Tjldealay of Wanlby,
about tbe jta* 1560. He n jvt^K btotber, in half blood, of Thonaa Tjbkaby of
Wardky, and bad tbe EalaU ta Tybkabr, berediUuy, from tW liaw of IIMI7 III. o>
Jidm; aBdth«Dapal;Fot<al«nUpanilJ«dg>afH7(r*(oa^«lucfeh«hiU vadcr

%'OL. 1

B ■

186 fiaum etnMmKiik. '

Trustees;] by Mr. Richard Bradshaw of Pennington, 5^ p.[er]
an.[num,] to be divided among 20 poor People in Pennington,
[by Will dated 28th April 1681.]

The Rent charge of Itf p.[er] an.[niun,] given by Travis
[TraversJ found by Verdict, an [no] 1627. MS. Hulm, ©8, a.
16, 50.

Richard and Katherine Spakeman, in 1673, iS20; Katherine
Spakeman, in 1679, £10; Matthew Lythgoe, in 1679, £50, for
the Poor of Bedford; George Hampson, in 1666, to the Poor
of West-Leigh, £10; Jane Heywood, in 1669, £20; William
France, in 1709, Land in West-Leigh, to be laid out in Cloth;
WilUam Hart, in 1716, £20; Sir Geoffrey Shakerley, Knt.
£2. 8s. 4d. ; Edward Burron, £3. 10s. ; all to the Poor of West-
Leigh.

«IJaj.*ar. ^g S2ri.e»,^ Certif.[ied] 371 . 19- . 08<i,

augm. ^S viz. 211 . iQs, Rent of 2 Estates in Til-

griLA.0. 1. 0. desley, [in] Leigh Par.[ish,] left by Adam Mort, Founder of y«
Chap. [el;] Itf, Rent Charge, given by Tho.[mas] Mort; 21.15»,
[by] Anne Mort; 10», rent of a Tenem* in Astlcy; 6», given by
Jane Starkey. Ded.[uct] Proc. [uration,] 1«.44.

the Buchy. He was grcat-grandfatlier of Sir Thomas lyidesley, Mijor-Gkiieral in the
army of Charles II. who inherited these three properties, and died in the year 1651.
His son and heir, Edward Tyldesley Esq. aged twenty-nine years, in the year 1664
demised his Tyldesley Estate for sale, to pay his debts, Sept. 11th in the 26th Charles
II. and on the 26th of August 1675 the Trustees conyeyed to Edward Ghtthome and
Richard Fox, and the assigns under a subsequent mortgage to Lord Willoughby of
Parham, conveyed to Mr. Thomas Johnson of the Acres in Bolton-le-Moors, great-
grandfieU;her of the present owner, George Ormerod Esq. D.C.L. of Tildesley, and of
Sedbuiy Park in the county of Gloucester. The Hall is now merely a £Eurm house.

1 Dedicated to St. Stephen. Value in 1834, £126. Registers begin in 1760.

Astley was a reputed mesne Manor, and claimed as such by Lejland of Morleys ;
but this was extinguished by Badcliffo of Wimersley, temp. Elizabeth. — See Ducat,
Lane, The real Manor, which is in every respect maintained, (notwithstanding the
statement in Baines, voL i. p. 600,) is a dependency of the Barony of Halton in the
county of Chester, and was held by a branch of the Tildesleys before the reign of

Scatters of CCUmngion. 187

A new house [was] built for y" Curate about 1710, by Coutrib.
[utions,] ctiefly of Mr. Mort,

This Chap, [el] was built by Adam Mort of Tildsley, Lord of y«
Manour of Astley, was consecrated an.[ao] 1631, and dedicated to
St. Stephen. Iieg.[isler,] p. 413.

[The] Curate [was] chosen by Tho. [mas] Mort, [the] Vicar of
Leigh, and [the] Vicar of Dean, an. [no] 1702. V.[ide] Cerlif.
[icale] of Election. Pap. Reg.

An,[no] 1722, it was augm.[ented] by Mr. Bich.[ard] Atliortoii
and Mr. Sam.[uel] Uilton, who gave 100' each.

1 Warden.

^@d^ ttt is a School founded by Adam Mort, who, by hia Will j
i^^ [dated the 19th of March,] an. [no] 1630, left to Tni»tco»
some lands, now let for 7'-0'-0^ p[er] an.[nun),] for teaching

Edward ni. when it poiscd &om that familj to Robert BadcliS'e o{ Itmk'liJTp, and
thimoe to Raddiffe of Wimeralej. Williua Rodcliffc of Winuirilfy (whoM Inqulil-
tjun -KM tskim in the 3d Eliisbetb,) •elticd it on lii« half tMer, Aniur, wifu of Htr
Gilbert Ourvd, who coorrfed it lo Adam Mort of Dun HuilHi in l^ldnloj, brtmni
thf jcars 1G06 and 1609. Thomaa Mort of Dam HouM, wlio (Uad in th< yMr 17M|
>.p. cotirefMl it to bis couiin, Tbomaa Sutton, oohnr (aiong with FroggUt) of Iha
M oita of Peel in Little Hnllon. snd •ubteqneotlj of Mort of Dam Boom bUo ^ anil
ttiece interal* afterwarda muted in Hr. Froggall, vllAte hdraM, Banb, (tliUr of Iba
late Thomui Sutton iiort Froggsit Em[.) i* wife of Colonel kUloolm Rom, now nal-
dent at Dam Home.

Thia Chaipel vm ronndtd br A.dBn UoR «f Dam Iloaa* Q«Bt. b a
the inhabitaoU beinf "rcrj rade, aod ifnonot «f (ood lUnfi,"
to Tnutoi a meaaoage and k^dt of Iba yaariy Ttbw o4 CU, bf Um mtntOBMiM lA
> Pnaching UiniitCT, aaA pn ibe poww •( ■mitlrtu tiw UkUbm U> hla aoi,
nomaa Mort, arith a ilii«lia« Art ha ahoaU affote aoM* MMhod JW Iha 4«a
DOm^tion of lliaMtan ^ar ku doth ( b«< if W UM l« 4» M^ that lb* koo«*-
Udcn _d hoii of faBfiea > Ajtfc7. ikxU neaiMte

3&e ftnilm fiad m the r«« UMt mJ Ui ag% o> Ik* U of A«tM( IM),
Mi^ediiyDM<ril^ii^li»k,»dMwl, — t^rffof fclwajr, Md hto lii*M^
in dw Ch^d, to J«^ L«f4 Bbfcor «' Cfc^Ur, m4 JM wWhM* UfaMt^ mg

188 fioUtia Ct»ixUn%i%*

poor Children in y« Neighbourhood; 5^ p.[er] "an.[num] more,
was given an. [no] 1711, by Tho.[mas] Mort Esq. ; and 6» p.[er]
an.[num] more, for Fcuell, an. [no.] 1713. [The origin of these
payments was unknown to the Charity Commissioners, as appears
by their 19/^ Report, p. 134.]

The Master is Elected by all ye Housekeepers in Astley, and y«
heir male of y« said Adam Mort, (whose voice is equall to six,) and
such of his kindred or blood as have any lands in Astley, w**» y«
advice of some of y® neighbouring Clergy. The Writings are in y«
hands of y« s^ Tho.[mas] Mort, an. [no] 1718.

V.[ide] Nom.[ination] an. [no.] 1690. Pap. Reg,

Cf^aritieif. W^ tft to y® Poor of Astley an. [no] 1630, by Adam Mort, 5^
SSf P'[cr] an.[num,] w^^ a Discretionary power in his Trustees
to deduct 20* p.[er] an.[num] for other TownshP", and 15» p.[er]
an.[num] is deducted; by J. Parkinson, 11-4* p.[er] an.[num;]

1824, that the right of appointing the Minister was in the Yicar of Leigh, and not in
the Householders, — and thus gave judgment in favour of the Bishop of Chester.

"Half of the Tithes of Astley in Leigh arc rec«* (a.d. 1650,) by Adam Mort, and
worth £12 per ann. £10 of w*^^ is p*^ to the Poor of Astley as a gift, as appears by
sufT convey" made by his grandfather, Mr. Adam Mort, lat€ of Tildesley. The other
part of the s** Tithes is rec'' by John Gest of Astley, leased to him for 21 years, by
Sir Tho. Tildesley, dated 20 Mar. 14 Cur. worth £15 per ann. The Tithes of pig,
goose, hemp, and flax, arc enjoyed by Ralph Gillibrand of Astley Gent, worth lOs.
per ann. A Chapel in Astley was founded and erected with all manner of materials at
the proper costs and charges of Adam Mort, dec'', and so maintained during his life ;
and since his decease by Adam Mort, his grandchild and heir. Mr. Tho. Crompton,
a very honest Min% (only he kept not tho last Fast,) hath for his salary £16 a year,
out of a Ten* called Hope house, and out of half of ano' Tenem* called Hudman*8
house in Tildesley, form'J' purch** and given by the Founder towards the maint* of the
Min' of Astley, so long as such Min' sh** be appointed and recom** by tho s** Mr. A.
Mort and his heirs ; and so Mr. Crompton came in by the approval of Mr. Ad. Mort,
and had £40 per ann. paid by the Agents for Sequest° within Derby Hundred, for 8
or 4 years last past ; but it is not paid unto him now, for what reason we know
not." — Lamb. MSS. vol. ii.

In the year 1732 the Chapel and School were further endowed, amongst other
charities, by Thomas Mort of Dam House Esq. with a moiety of the Tithes of
Astley.

In the year 1760 the old Cliapel was taken down, and a new and enlarged one built

by Anne Parre, (in 1707,) 200i; Tho' Stockton, and Oliver Whal-
ley, 51 each; Edw.[ard] (John?) Burron, 5'- 10*. [The] Int.[erert]
to [be paid to] y' Poor.

S^ [ied] aii.[no] 1705, 2' ■ 15' ■ O'' p[er] s,„. «,.m,'oo.
an.[num,] v.[ide] Pa//. Re;/.: but Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1717, by '' "*' '*
y Vicar of Leigh y' nothing certain belongs to it that be knows
of, but be batb heard y' ab' ai'lO* p.[cr] an.[num] was given by
Dame Mort, formerly. It waa built (as he hath been informed}
about 1G45, by y* then Lord of Buisy and Ms Tenants, tbey build-
ing y" Body of y* place, and he the Cbauccll. He believes it was
never Consecrated, and y' it hath alwayes been possessed by Pres-
byterians, who, w" y" Vicar comes to officiate, quit y" place,

b; the Londomiers, when tlie Liring wm Bugmpntod bj Ki, Froggatt. The Obapel
W81 again enUrgud In the jvei 1847.

Of thie familj was Adam Mort Gent, probably second ion of the Fouodur, namixl
b his Will, a FrMrman of Preston, and lidmiltci! a Member of the Drapcra' Compony
ID llio year J636, hsTing served his apprenticeship in DrapCTy. Ho waa elected Mayor
of the Borough in the year 16-12, and was fined one hundred marks for rsfusitig lo
aerre the oOlce. Ue was killed at tbo aiege of Preston, on the 13th of February I64S,
being an intrepid royalist, and haiing declared " that ho would Sre the town rather
than aurrender it into the hande of the rebcLi, and (hat he would begin with hi* own
house." Hi» aon, a bold and enlerpriaine youth, was killrd by his side.

> Dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Vaine in 1834, £100. Regiatvn entemd at
L*igh.

The Manor of Atherton in the time of King John waa held hj Bobert d« Atbwtan,
Sberitr of Lancaahire, under the Butlers, Lords of WarruigMn i and Iwring d iw omdaJ
for ail eoitoTiea, in an unbroken line distingniBbed aliks for aneeatral rxih aod
Wfaltli, waa conreyed in the year I7S7, by bi> dracoidant, Henriella Maria, aUaal
danabUr and eobeira* of Bobert Trrnon Athcrton Eaq. to hrt huaband, TlioiBaa,
McMid Baron lilford, whose son, Tbomas Atberton Powyi, Lord Lilford, a now tha
Manerial owner.

The mott important diTiaion of the Township ot Atherton is Cbowbmt, in wUob
this Chapel was boilt, aecordisK to Doniiog Saslwlbain Esq. (Jf A Voif writlM
in 1787,) for the Tenants and Doamtin of Itw Alherl'm family, in Iha year lAM, b;
John Atherton Ksq. and 9-A by the Prmbytwians ontil tlw j«r I7!0, "»hra.

190 fiMtiti* enunrmto.

Leaving him a Large Bible and Com.[moii] Prayer Book ready
for Use.

Mr. Atherton, the Lord of Buisy, hath nov taken it from y^
Dissenters, and hath proposed to y" Gov.[emors] of y" Q.[ueen]'s
Bounty to Augment it. An.fno] 1722.

Mr. Atherton of Buisy gave 200* tow.[&rds] Augm. [enting]
this Chap, [el] an. [no] 1722; and it was Consecrated by [the] Bp
of Man, an. [no] 1723.

K.)S, fi,. ]gH|^|{ GV^K^tf^i..' UED. 1, MED. 2.~Two Cbdrchbb
M.B.T;^ RBA'l^i AND ONE CuBE. Here was formerly only a Chap. fell

Fkn STfNI. K I rvSIWii "" ' r l j

Pw J?s- kjI^ctM of Ease, belonging to Walton Parish; but now this

n^uLi^Mo. F i tP i -^"^ ! Chap.[el] is enlarged, and another Church built called

p^„*^the New Church, consecrated [June 29th] an,[no] 1704, and

**AiL«?"^ dedicated to St. Peter; and both these Churches are made Rec-

toryes by Act of Pari'. 10 and 11 of Wm.[iam] 3. V.pde] Act

in New Reg. [isler.']

npon a change of principlea in the liuiulj, it was taken from them, and contBerated bj
Dr. WUion, B' of Man." Fot aomo curious particulars respecting Mr. James Woods,
and this Chspd, see Dr. Uibbert Ware's MrmoriaU ttftht RtbeUion 0/1715, p. 240,
published bj tbc Cdbtbam Bociett.

" There is a Chapel in Atherton 920 poles 5} jsrds &om Leigh. Hr. Jamea Smith
now, A.D. 1650, supplies the Cure, being a. -maa of good life and conv°, oolj he did not
observe the last Fast Daj appointed b; Act of Farl'. He hath £70, out of Impro-
priated lands within the Parish of Leigh, bj Order of tLe Committee of Flandei«d
Ministers." — Lamb. MSB.

1 Dedicated to St. Nicholas, and to St. Feter. Value o( first mediety in 1SS4,
£616 i value of second mediel; in 1SS4, £616. Begistere begin in 1681 1 some at
Cheater in 1624.

LiTcrpool doee not occar in the Domeidag Surety, and jet Camden states tiutt n
castle was built hero in tlie jeor 1076, by Roger de Poicliers ; but this was probably
the castle of West Derby, which existed in the reign of King John. To tliis monarch
is aecribed the fonndation of the castle of LiTerpool, by the Mers^, which was dis-
mantled in the year 1669, and its «ite grunted on lease, on the &lh of March 1706,
l^ Queen Anne, as Dnchesa of Laneaslor, lo the Corporslion of Liverpool, who
demolished the then remaining ruins of the ea»lle ; and in Ihr year 1714 the King

Btantxp of SISarrtngtoii. 1t)l

The old Chap, [el] is called the Parochiall Chap. [el] of our Lady
and St. Nicholas. The additionaU building of this Chap. [el] was
made by Order granted an. [no] 1718. Reff.[ister} B-look,] 4,

The two Rcctours of these medietyes are to have, by Act of
Pari', 100' p. [tir] aii.[num] each, w'''out any deduct. [ion,] assessed
upon Houses, and are to divide y* Duty and the Surp.[lice] Fees
betw.[een] them: but upon y« Rcct.[or] of Walton's death, the
Tythcs of this TownsP are to goe to y* Corp. [oration] in ease of y"
Asseasm* upon Houses. Val.[ue] 60' p-[er] an. [num.]

The Patronage (W^** was purchased of li^ Molineux, Patron of
Walton,} is by y Act vested in [the] Mayor and Alderm.[en,]

g«Te the Corporation the Und as n silo tor 8t. George'6 Church. Id tlie jpar 122fl
Hmty UI. gnuited n CliMter bj which ho conatitoted Liycrpool a Free Borough,
with A guild merchaat, and liberties of toU^ paasogts stallage, ouetome, and Ihe priri-
legea oooferred by preceding CbarterB, In the fear 1352 William de Ferrers, Eu-l
of Derby of the first line, is supposed lo hnTB built " the Tower" as a Watch station
for [he Lancishiro coast ; and about the year 1360 it puaed with Isabetli, daughter
and heiress of Sir Thoma« de Latbom to Sir John Stanley, vio, in the year 1406,
obtained a Liccnco from Henry tV. to fortify hi* house at Liverpool, which ho had
rebuilt, with embattled walls. This Tower continued for several ages the occasional
residence of the Derby famQj ; hut was entirely removed in the year 1819.

In the reign of Edward III. "the Chapel of our Lady and of St. Micboks," w«a
bnilt by John of Oaunt, Duke of Lancuster, to celubrate masseg for the souls of him-
■elfand hin ancestors, and to niake one yearly obit for his soul. At this time, Lirer-
pool was a Chapolry in the Patisli of Walton, and is so named in the year 1327, when
the TicaiBge of Walton was ordained. In tbe year 1861 a burial ground was annexed
to the Chapel of St. Nicholas, whioU had probably been rebuilt about that time, m it
was then consecrated.

There wore four Chantries bere at the Dissolution in the year 1548. The Chantry of
St. Nichohis, founded by John of Qnunt ; (he Chantry of the High Altar, founded by
Henry, Duke of Lancaster E.G. who died in the year 1 360 ; the Chantry of St. John,
founded by John do Liyerpool, probably the same individual who waa ~
Parliament for West Derby, in the 19th Edward II. for the souls of his
and the Chantry of St. Katherine, founded by the Will of John Crosse, lUted the
16th of May 1615, to i«lebrale there for bis soul and to keep one yearly obit, to
distribute Ss. 4d. to (he Poor, and to licop a School of Oraaunar, free for all children
of tho name of Crosse, and other poor children. Another Chapel was built by the
Moores of Moore Hal], and was their ancient burial placo for centuries; and Sir
Edward Moore reverently ssys, in the year 1683, " I value it at tbe price of the beit
Lordship I have." — Tif Mo<rrf Rental, p. 18.

192 jptotttto (ttnMmnis^

such as have been Aldermen or Bailiffs^ Peers, and y« Com. [mon]
Council!, for y« time being : But it not being said, * by the major
part of y™,' and a dispute happening upon it, betw. [een] y« Bp and
y« Town, another Act was obtained, w*** y« consent of y« Bp, in w«^
these words are added.

An. [no] 1675, 1 Warden, [and] 1 Assist, [ant.]

It^aaU ^@l^ ^^ ^s a FubUc School, the Foundation of w^^ is unknown.
2^^ 5^ • 13» • 6^ P-[Gr] an.[num] was given to it by Q.[ueenJ

Leland, in the reign of Henry VIII. writes of Liverpool, " Lyrpole, alias Lyver-
poole, a payid toun, hath but a ChapeL Walton a iiii miles not far from the Se is a
Paroohe Chirch. The King hath a Castelet there, and the Erie of Darbe a stone
howse there. Irisch Marchauntes cum moch thither, as to a good Haven. Gh>od
Marchandiz at Lyrpole^ moch Yrisch Yam that Manchetier men do by ther.** — Itiu.
ToL tIL fo. 50, p. 44.

Camden, in the year 1586, speaks of the town as ** more fiimous for its beauty and
populousness than for its mtiquity ;** and such was its importance in the year 1626,
that the Burgesses were invested with all the functions of a Corporate Body in that
year.

** Saturday, June 22, 1650. In the Town and Borough of Liverpool within the
Parish of Walton, there is an antient Parochial Chapel called Liverpool Church, and
neither Parsonage nor Vicarage thereunto belonging. Mr. John Hogg, a godly, pain-
ful Min', supplies the Cure there, and came in by the election of the Mayor and Com-
mon Council, and receives for his salary the benefit of all the Tithes growing and
issuing within the Liberties and precincts of the said Town, by an Order of the Com-
mittee of Plundered Ministers, worth £75 per ann. He also has £10 from the Bee-
tor of Walton, and the ancient yearly allowance of £4. ISs. from the Receiver of the
late King's Bevenues, fourth of the Publique receipt of the same Revenues, save
that Mr. Hogg pays out of the Tithe of Liverpool, £11. 10s. to Dr. Clare's wife^
according to Order of the Hon. Com. of Plundered Ministers. The said Parochial
Chapel is fax remote from any other Church or Chapel, and is fit to be made a Parish
of itself." — Pari. Inq, taken at Wigan^ MSS. Lamb. Lihr. vol. ii.

In the year 1699, Liverpool was constituted an independent Parish, by an Act of
the lOth and 11th William III. entitled " An Act to Enable the Town (or Corpora-
tion) of Liverpool, in the Co. Pal. of Lancaster to build a Church, and endow the same,
and for making the same Town, and liberties thereof, a Parish of itself, distinct from
Walton." This new Church was St. Peter's, and £400 was raised, by an assessment,
towards its erection. At the same time, two joint Rectors of the Parish wore
appointed, both under the patronage of the Corporation ; and it was directed that
£110 should be levied, in quarterly payments from the Parishioners, for their annual
support, in the same manner that the London Clergy are maintained. This was the

Stanrrs of afflamngion.

193

Eliz,[abetli.] The Corp. [oration] names the Master, and allow
him 35' p.[er] an.[inim] more, obliging him to give IQf p.[er]
an.[uum] out of it to an Usher.

Here is likewise a fine Charity School built.

l^ff ome small Legaeyes [are left] to y" Poor, but [are] not paid Cljarlttttf.
v&i to y* Chureliw. [ardens] to distribute.

(lawn of s aev crn in the proaperitj of LiTBrpooI, which hAi conlinued to flow on
without reoessioD, until Liycrpool h»a outitript erery olher out-port in the kingdom.

In the jcar 1778 Dr. Diicarel record* that iu tho town of LJvcrjKiol "here are four
OiitrchM, bU in the gift of the Corporaliou, tije. B, Nivholas, Kect, the old Church S.
Feler, B«t. conuvratod 1703. S> Oeorfe, Beet. conBorrated 1T82,[ P] and S. Thomoi
the Apoallu, Riwt. consecrated 1750. — See an Act 10 W- III, Pari. 1, 8™» 1 j and
another Act 1 Oeo. 1. fi< Gmrgc'a Church wa« built by Act of Pari. 1 deo. 1 ;
S' Thomu, 21 Geo. 2 ; S< Paul's, 2 Qeo. 3 ; and another bf the Mmu Act, ia now
(1778) building, int^^ded tu be called St. John's. BeHidea the ChuriThes of St. Ann,
and 8* Jamei, lately built by prirale AdH of Pari', and two private Chapola, one cal-
led 6> Mary, the othi.'r .... not yet conflecratoL — Uucarvrs Reptrtorg Lamb.
Libr.

ARa iho Diswilution of Ch«ntrie«, n stipend of £5. ISs. id. wa* appropriated la
ihe HaclFT or the Orammar School founded by Jolin Croasc, vho had given lands in
Liverpool in the year 161S to maintain a Mass PHeat a« School maxler i and by Let-
im Patent dated the 30th of October 1566, it was appointed that the Chapel of
lirerpoo) thoold eonlinnc, and that the then Incumbent should lerre there, and hare
for his wage* £4. ITs. M. juarly. And Queen Elixabctfa anthorisod the BDrgeHea of
lirFrpool, Bod their rucceMor*, by the adriee and anent of the Biihop of Cheater, ta
nominate a petHin to be Uiniiler in Ihe nld Chapel, and a diicreet and learned per-
son to be Schoolnuuter of Ihe Orammar School in Liierpool; and tba Queen's
Ranrer of the Dnchy was authoriaed to pay the stipends, during her Majatj'i

This School was diAoontinlwd in the jnr 1803 ; and i
ration built two Kaliuoal flchooli, each aifaUe of cool
*t an oxpouie of npwanbof £12,000; a«d wlarie* air p
bCMM — iiiiiiliin to abovt MM t^taw.

B, ihc Corjio-
idred cluidren,
Ibe HaUtn mmI Mi*-

voL. n.]

^totttiA CntvitnniB.

«SS% fiHe^l&,^ about 1601 p.[;erj an.[nimi.]
Patron, Mr. Fleetwood of Fenwortham. The Cliftppell
of Meoles " cum omnibus pertmentiis" was given to 7*
Mon,[a8tery] of Fenwortham, w^i was a Cell to Eves-
ham. V.[ide] Dug.[dale'8] Mon.[atticoa,] v. 1, p. 360.

An.[no] 1300, Patron, [the] Ab.[bot] of Evesham. MS. HtibK.
95, 1 11, ar Carlul. Ep. Cm. et Utchf.

An. [no] 1537, [the] Mon,[a8tery] of Evesham presented.
V.[ide] Inat.\Uulum'\ B.look,] 1, p. 44.

An. [no] 4 and 5 Fh.[ilip] and Mar. [7,] John Fleetwood Esq.
presented as true sad origiu&ll Patron. lb. p. 50.

1 Dedicated to St. Cotbbcrt. Value in 1834, SMA. SegiaterB of Baptiuiu begin
in 1094, and of Buriak and Marriagea in 1600.

At the Domosdaj Surrey three Thanes held Mele for three Mauon. The district
now called North Heol* afterwards fell to the Barons of Fenworthtm, sad in tha
reign of BictLwd I. Hugh BoshU gave to Bicbard Fitx Hutred, or Uotred, ths whob
of Normoles, which grant John, Earl of Uorton, confirmed. Bohcrt de Ueales waa
the son of Fit! Uutred, and direct ancestor of Richard de Aghlou of Me>]««, lirtng
in the jaa 1877. On the death of John, son of Sir Bichard Aghton, without issni^ in
the 4th Edward TI. the Estates passed to his two aistars and ooheireases, of whom
Elizabeth married John Bold, and died in the 82d Elizabeth ; and Johanna, the
elder, married Barnab; Kjtcbin, who acquired the moiety of the Manor of North
Meols, and died without male issue, in the year 1606 ; and his daaghl«r and oo-
heirees, married Uugb, a natural son of Sir Thomas Heeketh of BufTord, and bronght
him the moiety of the Manor, which descaoded to Bold Fleetwood Hesketb, who
died in July 1819, and by Will dated the 2]gt of May 1810, devised the same to hia
brother, Bobert Heeketb Esq. who died in March 1824, having by Will dated the
28d of April 1621, devised it to his widow, and the Bev. Edward South Thurlow,
Bector of Houghton-le-Spring, in Trust, for his bod And heir. Sir Peter Heeketh
Fleetwood Bart. The other moiety having descended to Peter Bold of Bold Esq.
be, by Will dated the 13tb of December 1767, settled it upon his eldest daoghts
and coheiress, Anna Maria Bold, on whose death, unmarried, in the year 181S,
it dc«cendcd to Peter, son of Thomas Fatten Esq. and hia wife, Dorothea Bold,
sister of Anna Slaris, as tenant in tail male, on which event Colonel Pattoi
assumed the additional auniame of Bold. He married Mary, aiater of Thomas
Porker of Aatlo Eaq. Ma; 22d 1790, and died on the 17th of October 1819, leaving
four daughters his coheiresses, and having, by bis Will dated the IGth of March 1814t
charged an annuity of £3,500 on the Manor, for his widow, and having devised
the fee to hia eldest daughter, Mary Patten Bold, who aft^vards married his High-
ness Prince Euslace Sapieba, of the Bussiau Empire, and dying in December 1S24,

Srancrs of ailfltrmaton.

195

Towns, [liipa,] 2. Northmeals and Birkdalc. The first is divi- ffotoii*.
ded into 8 parts or villages, viz. Churchtown, Marshsidc, Higher
Blowickj Lower Blowick, New-row, The Hoes-houses, Crossens,
the Banks.

No Hall, but N.[orth] Mcala,^ bel.[onging] to Rob.[ert] Hes- ftaR.
keth Esq.

3 Church w. [ardena,] 2 of V^ serve for N.[orth] Meals, and are
chosen by y" 2 Lords [of the Manor;] y* 3'^ serves for Birkdale,
and is chosen by [the] Rectour.

a^g trt is lately built by y» 2 Lords of this Manour, Bold and ^rijaol.
aiSoEi Heskcth, a very handsome School, near y* Church, there
being before left to y« use of a School by y" late B«ctour,'
40'; by R.[ichard] Ball, {in 1692,) and Tho* Blevin, (in 1690,)
201 eaeh; and since, by R.[oger] Hesketh Esq. 40i, (in 1720 and
1723;) Mrs. [Hannah] Woods, IQi, (in 1720;) and John A ugh -
ton, {in 1719,) 10'. The money is laid out upon Land : y" Wri-
[tings are] in y* hands of Rog [er] Heskcth E*q. Cerli/.[icale,]
an. [no] 1725.

withoiit iisne, the Estste derulted upon Dorothea, the gecood duighter of the wid
Peter Patlen Bold, •rho, in Mb; ISSU. muried Heorj Hoghton Et^. aftcTWudi Sir
Henrj Bold Hoghton Bart, in iriioM ton it u now Tertsd.

The Mbdof ud lasdi of Sortb Meob ■
H(»keth> ud BMt, by *irtae at^iiAotV,

Wuiu de BiumO, the tnt Bmn of PtnwortteB, toatmtd the Ch^
upon the Abbcj oT Krabm, aad BJi ImiiI. who — bcwAiJ m the KHgn of
Hmftrmed hii fii^Mr'a doMtioa, vUM Albert, tlM tUid Barca, fmrt Uk irttok
Chard) of Heok, with all iU ■ppmtnMWnM, aad • lovrth |Mt of it* Oahinf. The
Clitirch a not mtatio^d m the Fafar of IMJ. —d w— Anhllew ittoded in HaheP.
&ain which Paruh it ww iiii^JMllj Mperted At the DmalBritm, Berth Meo^ ni
cotutitDted an jsdqMadcM Pvuk, aad Ih* fXMM Chwili «•■ reboh is the yew
1571. ~- Ml im HI pwiheni diiiMrh jnrlTTT. [fl* », ■ „ '--g -^--
Penvorthaa Plenty, bf Jobs PlMtwonl B*^ Md m MW mried ia hie i>f i wii t e l iri ' .
Sir Fata Ha^Mh Flertvood Bwt.

d »• «^ ITK" ^ MOoro*, for SeMh

■RofthJfnb Hall.>MlTMA ' -" f.
Mat of Ik H-^rlhe. M<a tki Mrir fM ef Ik iMt iiariiij.

hoMC.

^otitfa CtnttimniM.

V. 9. I^^^mil *««««.' Certif.[ied] 44'-05'.0&i, viz. Vic.
M.T. IWkP^B [arage] -house. Garden, and Bam [irf 2 bays,] valoed
SuOni. 1^^^ at e'-lO; 3 fieldB of Glebe land, bdng fonr acres and
kA;"!:":*^ I^^^^^l a half, &; GrasBB of Church-yard, 5»; Int.[er8t] of 3?
^'." t'.il'. 0. left by Jam,[es] Berry [of Onnskirk,] 3"; peQ8.[ioi)] from [the]
aES^^^ta" I^"**^?) fiven [by the Crown] in lien of Small Tytha, [vhich
cg^"* devolved upon it] upon [the] I>iBaol.[utioD] of [the] Abbey of
*^b,''Ttai.*"Bur9COugh, 21"; Ded.[act] fees, 18"-10'; Surp.Llice] fees, 10";

Pm. (ioo.Ded.[uct] Proc. [uration,] 3» ■ &>, (S- • 4^, later Certif.[icate,])

piv- '.'■'.'■'.^ 1& P-[^] an.[num] was added by y* Crown upon a petition to
FKp.H.1. Edw.[ard] 6.
p?T'a^ Patron, [the] Earl of Derby,
fp. n. q!^19.]' [The] Tyths belong to Coll. Charteris.

' It app««n Irom a Tablet in the Chuich, that in the yaa 1684 the Be*. Jsmea
Starke;, Beclor, left £40 to the Bchool, vhich is now coaducted on the National
8y»t«in ) and the Master recoiTOa from these, and other benefaction*, about £S0
a jear.

■ Dedicated to St. Peter and St. PbdI. Value in 1834, £367. Bcgietera b^in in
1667.

Ormikirk is not found in the Domeidt^ Survey, but tradition has aaaigned the
Manor to Onn, the Salon proprietor of Halton, who, driTen from his possefsions in
Cheahire, settled in Lancashire, and marrjing Alice, daughtra' of Herrent, a Norman,
ancestor of Theobald Walter, obtained large Estates in this couuty. He was the
probable founder of the Cburch, which, with hia own name, coustitutea that of the
Parish. Bobert, son of Henc; de Torboh and Lathom, the deaoendant of Onn, gaxe
the Church of Ormskirk to his Priorj of Burscongb, in the reiitn of Biohaid I. for
the souls of King Hourj the jounger, John, Earl of Morton, bis own bthor and mo-
ther, ancestor* and posterity. On the dissolution oF Burscough, the Manor of Orau-
kirk was granted to Edward, third Barl of Derby K.O-. in whose family it has erer
since continued.

"The Ohoroh of Ormenihircbe" was ralued at £13. G». 8d. in the year 1291, and
was probably built shortly after the Couqueat. It has undergone various mutations
and alterations, and was nearly rebuilt in the year 1781. It consists of a Nbtc^
Aisles, Chancel, aod in the south east Aisle, within a parcloso, is a Sepulchral Chapel
of Ihe noble fomily of Stanley, built in the year 1B72. The Toi^ is heayy and low,
and is said to liBTe been erected for the n!rcption of eight bolls, brought from Burs-
cough Prior)-, on two of which fonnprly wore the dates H97, and lB7fi. The orcond

I

•Dcanmj of SStarrington. 1U7

This Churcli was given to y" Priory of Burscough by the
Founder of that Mou.[astcry ] V.[ide] supra itf on. [as/icon.]

[The] Vicar [was] presented an. [no] 1505, by [the] Prior and
Convent of BuTHCOugh. Insl.[ilution] B.[ook,] 1, p. 3.

An.[no] 1593, there was a division of y^ Clinreh into four parts,
for y" Use of y» 4 Quarters of y* Parish. Reg.lister] B.look,] Z,
p. 189.

An. [no] 162-t, an Award about Seats. Id. p. 368.

The Church being not capable of [containing] Gallerycs, will
not hold above 600.

The Parish is 9 m.[ilcs] long on y« road betw.[een] Wigan aud
Meals, and 7 m. [ilea] on y« road betw.[een] Rainsford and
Rufford.

Esrl of Derby, wLo iliL-d in tho year 1521-2, bequcatlied £30 to the ChmvhvHrdoiu
of Ornwkirk, to buy a bell for thoii Church.

The Spire attached to the origioal edifice it at Ihe nurthnnat comur, and nllhough
puUj rebuilt in (he jrar 1790, reatg on un nuciimt octagonal bue. Two carioua
figures ofii Tcr; carlj duto, are built up in the outward wall, under ttic enat window
of the Church.

There were two Chontrios iii this Church nt the Dissolulion in the year 15*8, one
bcloDgiog to the &inilj of Scariabrick of Scarisbrick, and now unenclosed, containing
» brau of B Knight of the 3canabriok familf temp. Henry VL [ and the other, pro-
bably foundcJ by the Bickoritaffi!, now belonging to the House of Derby. The tstleT
was amply endowed with lands at Eccloston in AmoundemesB, and having been seixed
by the Crown, was sold to George Johnston, Citizen and Merchant Taylor of London,
and Edward Boatock of the isme, Gent, who conyeyed it by Deed of Sale, dated the
S6th of KoTcmber 16U7, to Edward Stanley of BickerstalTe Esq. ancestor of the prc-
■eut noble owner,

Ordinatio Vioarur p. B. Cot. ot Liobf. Kpum *.D. 1273, Reg. Cart. E.-ol. Lichf. fol.
291.— jr.«-/. MSS. No. 4.799. Duatrer, Sup.

This Vicarago was re-ordained by Roger, Bishop of Coventry and IJtohflald, by

Letters dated at llunwortb, the 4th of April 1340, and of his Consecration the 18th,

I vhereby ho roqiiired the Prior anil Convent of Ilur«coiigli to coullrm to Alciander

I 4b Wakefeld, then Vicar of Orniskirk, and bis successors, all the rights and per-

" qaiiitei which Richard de Conj-ngton, the last Vicar, enjoyed, vii. a competent manse

■nd four acres of laud, as well as £10 a year to be paid by the Convent, on eight

feast days named, by equal portions, and all ordinary and eitrsordinary burdens duo

from the snid Church, lo bi> discharged and borne by the I'riorj'. — Jtrg, yorlAiury,

fill 80, b. Lilchf.

The Patijhi'ineri "move the King fiM mlnrginq of ihc Vitar't wngcs," stating the

198 ^titta Ctfitximfiifi*

fSalU. Scarisbrick,^ Cross Hall,^ and Hurleston.^

CTofDtuf. Towns, [hips] 6: Ormskirk, Bickerstaff,^ Lathom^ Skelmersdale^^
Scarisbrick,^ [and] Burscough, ;® for w«^ there are soe many
Church- wardens chosen by y« Jnrours of each place at y' Courts.

population to be 3,013, and on the 4th of May 1550, at Greenwich, the King granted
£10 a year, as recorded in the text.

In the year 1650 Ormskirk was returned as being a Market Town, with a Parish
Church, Vicarage-house, four acres of Glebe worth £5 per annum ; a donation of 208.
per annum, given by Mr. James Blackledge, late of London, out of lands in Latham
in the possession of Mr. John Case. Mr. William Dunn, a diligent Preaching Minis-
ter, received the above, and £50 out of the Sequestration of Derby Hundred, by order
of the County Committee. Also £26 out of the Bents formerly in fee farm to the
Earl of Derby, and £51 out of the King's Bevenues, to be Itinerant Preacher within
the county of Lancaster. The Impropriate Tithes were worth £14 per annum, and
heretofore belonged to the Earl of Derby, but were then sequestrated and received
for what was called " the Publique use.** — Lamb. MSS. voL ii.

A Brief was obtained, and one shilling and one penny collected at Milnrow for
Ormskirk Church, on Feb. 6th 1724-5 ; and Ghdleries were, after all, added above the
Aisles, about the year 1729. The Church will accommodate two thousand one hun-
dred and four souls.

' Scarisbrick Hall was at a very early period the seat of the Scarisbricks, and con-
tinued in the male line until the last century, when the Estate passed with an heiress,
to Thomas Eccloston of Eccleston Esq. who assumed the name of Scarisbrick, and
dying in the year 1807 was succeeded by his son, Thomas Scarisbrick Esq. who died
without issue, in the year 1838, when the Estate passed to his brother, ChArles
Dicconson of Wrightington Esq. who assumed the name of Scarisbrick, and is the
present owner. In the year 1814 the house was modernized; but is now under-
going extensive alterations and improvements, from the designs of Mr. A. W. Pugin.

' Cross Hall is now destroyed ; but a farm-house is still approached by a double
avenue of venerable trees. It was the seat of Sir James Stanley, son of George, Lord
Strange, father of Thomas, second Earl of Derby, and is the property of Edward
Stanley Esq. who succeeded his uncle. Colonel Edward Stanley, in the year 1816.

^ Hurleston Hall, built in the reign of Edward YI. is a half-timbered house, the
property of Mr. Scarisbrick, and occupied by a farmer.

^ Bickerstaffe was reported in the year 1650, to be six miles from the Parish Church,
and that a Church ought to be erected there at a place called the Nearer Hall Croft,
lying near to Bickerstaffe HalL Bichard Dukinfield of Ormskirk Gent, had the Com
Tithe on lease from the Earl of Derby, deceased, without paying any rent at aU, for
the term of his wife's life, as he testified on oath. Worth, at that time, £30 per
annum.

^ Skelmersdalo was reported, at the same time, to be four miles from the Parish
Church, and that great necessity existed for a Chapel being erected there, where one

Scancts of ^arrinaton. 199

^^ tve is a Free Gram.[niar] School, erected by Hen[ry] ®rammnr
S^^ jVacroft^ an. [no] 1614, endowed by Contrib.[utioua] of [the]
Inhab. [itants] and neighb. [ouring] Gent.[ry,] w"" lands and
money to y« sum of Sl'-lO'-O' p.[er] an.[nuin,] The Master is
elected by y* Feoffees, (of v^ l*^^] E.[arl] of Derby and [the]
Vic.[ar] of Ormskirk are always two.) The Writings are kept in
a Chest w^^ is lodged w* y" Constable of y= Town accord, [ing] to
custom.

[There is] a. Gram, [mar] School, [which waa] built for a Meet- ^tatiibxiA
ing-housc in Oliver's time, [but it is] not endowed. Jam.[ca] wniool.
Carr, about a year agoe left lOQf "to the Chapel School of Scaris-
briek," [the] Int.[erest] togoc toa School here for poor Children,
y« care of W^ is left to 7 Trustees. Certif.[ied] au.[uo.] 1722.

An. [no] 1725, a Charity School [was] built in Ormskirk by
Contrib.[utions,] and Endowed w'^ 2001 by [the] E.[arl] of
Derby, [the] lnt.[erest] of w"'' for teaching 12 poor Children,
buying Books, and an outward habit for them.

•
^B& Oaen to [the] Poor of Ormskirk by Mr. Peter AapinwaU, 30"; CftarUie*.
3hH by sev.[eral] Inhab. [itanta] of y" same TownsP, 30'; [the]
Int.[erest] of both to buy Flesh : 9' p.[er] an.[num,] by Hen.[ry]
Smith, to [the] poor of Skelmersdalc, settled upon Lands in
Longney in the county of Gloucester, to be given in cloth ; and
3'-10' p.[cr] an.[niim,] by another person, to [be apphed to] y*"
same use; [the] Int.[erest] of 27', to Scariabrick; 3'-10'p.[er]

Ibniuirlj wu. The Titbo wbs muil to be worth £17 per aunum, nchich Hra. Morgarcl
Manh&ll held, by gift, from the Ute Earl or Counteaa of Di^rbj, foe the Icnn of her
life, without psjing aay rent at all for the aamo.

^ Snuisbrick Chapel waa alio reported to be three and s half miln from the Pariih
Chorcb, and then newl; erected and built. Hi. Qawoin Berkelr^, " an able, orthodox,
and godly prescliing UiniBler, and of good life and coDiergatioii," had £S0 &om the
SCalf, b; order of the Committeo of Plundered Minislen. The Titbo Com and
Small Tithe were worth £68. I69. pn- annum, and the Ilaj' Tithe £7. At,. -, formerly
belonging to the Earl of Derbj, but then nuqOL'atrated for hi* delinqnooc;. The
Tovrnahip waa thought fit to be made a separate Fsrinh. Thi« Cliapel le the School
mentioned in the Urtx.

' Burscough wiu, at the aame lime, returned a* being thn« mitea from any Churoh,

200 i^tttta etnttimnuL

an.[niim,] upon Land by W°» Sutch, in 1638, for [the] Poor of
Burscough; and 20» p.[er] an.[num,] by another person, for
Beef; 100^, by James Blackleech of London, in 1631; Ricy
Moss, in 1702, Laud to apprentice poor Children in Skelmersdale.

lis)

^ISH^filL^ Here was a Chappell w^

^^ a Curate belong, [ing] to it, who had a

small Pension, an. [no] 1604. V.[ide] Brief Observ.[ations,] MS.

The Curate is inducted not Instituted, [and] only has a Licence

from the Bishop.

and that it waa needful that there should be a Chapel erected there. The owners of
the Tithes and Abbey Lands are named, and their respectiye rights and possessions
are described, by the Commissioners. — Lamb, M88. voL ii.

* It appears from certain proceedings in the Court of Chancery for the County
Palatine of Jjoncaster, that by an Inquisition taken at Ormskirk, on the 27th of
September 1610, it was found that several sums of money, amounting to £136. lis. 8d.
had been giren by Henry Ascroft Qent. deceased, and divers others, for the use of a
Free Grammar School at Ormskirk ; and on the 28th of September 1612, Thomas
Tyldesley Esq. and others, were empowered to make orders touching the gOTcmment
of the said Monies and School In September 1827, the School property produced
an annual income of £138. ISs.

1 Dedicated to St. John. Value in 1834, £178. No Begisters.

Robert Fitz Henry, founder of Burscough Priory, was the great-grandfather of
Sir Robert de Lathom, (living in 1291, and ob. in 1325,) and is supposed to have
been himself the descendant of Orme, the Saxon Thane of Halton in Cheshire
Sir Robert married Katherine, daughter and heiress of Thomas de Knowslcy, and
acquired that Estate ; and his son. Sir Thomas de Lathom, who, in the 21st Edward
ni. was licensed to impark Knowslcy, having married Eleanor, daughter of Sir
John de Ferrers, had a son, Sir Thomas de Lathom, junr. who married Joanna,
daughter of Hugh Yenables, and had issue Isabella, ultimately his heiress, who mar-
ried Sir John Stanley. In the 8th Richard II. Sir John succeeded to the Manors of
Lathom and Knowslcy, on the death of his wife's brother. — Ormerod's Stanley
Legend^ 8vo. 1839. From this time, Lathom was the principal seat of this branch
of the noble family of Stanley ; and it was to this house, in the year 1406, that
"King Henrie (VII.) did tfke his progresse into Lancastershire the 26**' daie
of June, there to make merie with hu moother, the Countesse of Darbie, which
then laie at Lathome, in the Countrie." — IloUinshed's Chronicle, vol. iii. p.
510. In the year 1617 King James visited Lathom, on his progress from Edin-
burgh to London, and conferred the honour of Knighthood on several coimty
gentlemen.

BfantrB of iEIHam«(|ton.:'": 201

A Chappell, w"" an Almshouse, about 2 m-.'fiUis.] and ^ from
Ormskirk, has a revenue belong,[mg] to it, iJistitict from y"
Almshouse, iu Lands, and Dutchy Rents, about* S<f}--p- [er] an.
[num. It is] iu y" Gift of L'l Ashhumham's daughter/ as
Heiress to [the] E.[arl] of Derby, who had a noble sea^hei*i ft»n.

Newborough, within Latham. Here is a handsome Schopi,-w''' firtnfiorouflfi
a house for y* Master, built about six years agoc, (in 171'-i;,J by**'''"'
[the Rev.] Mr. [Thomas] Crane, Curate of Winwick, bom.;at .
Newborougb, [and] who hath Endowed it with Lands and Monej', ■' \
[of the] val.[ue] of 16ip.[er] an.[uum.] '•}■'

[The] Master is Nom.[inated] by Trustees appointed by his '.•.•;•'
Will, dated 12th June 1717, Wz. Tliomas Hesketh Esq. Lord of ■*,.-■'*.

EuSbrd ; Thomas Legh Esq Lord of Bank ; and Nicholas Rigby, * /, *

junr. of Harrock Gent, and their heirs ; "WiUiam Taylor of Seword ;
his nephew, William Crane of Newborougb ; and his cousin, George
Crane of Lathom. C^z-d/. [ierf] an. [no] 1722.

The *ie^ea wtuFh this splendid tnuuion tustaitieil &om tbo Itppublinn focces ID
Uw jtmn ISM and l&iB, wlieu

" The BpiBn of the North hnd encircled Ihe Crown,"
mil it» gallant defenee bj the chifslrous and noble-minded Chariottc de la TremouiUa,
Counle» of Derb;, stand imperuhabl; rpeorded in British historj, and can never he
read without eiuiting feeUnga of the moit UtbIj interest in behalf of the RojbI eauae,
and ita gallant eupportent. The heroine wu worlLy of her descent from a long line
of Kings, and of the cause iu nhich >he was embarlied, and, it ma; be added, the
caiue n-aa worthj of Ihe heroine.

LatboTQ House waa partly rebuilt hj the ninth Earl of DerbT, and flniehrd by Sir
Thomas Bootle, before (be jear 17M. It is an ediSoe not unworthy of iti ancient
nmnm, though in the Italian stjle of architecture : —

"The site, the apol, now consecrate to fame, —
Time holds not in his hand a mora immortal name."

After the Bcetoration, Lathom waa restored to its rightful owners. In the jear
1714 the Estate was tronaferrcd in marriage with Henrietta Mtina, daughter and
cobeiress of William Richard George, ninth Earl of Derby, to her second husband,
John, first Earl of Ashbumham, by whom it wia sold to Henry Fumese £aq.
and conreyed by sale, in the jtM 1T24, to Sir Thomas Bootte of Melling £nt. an-
cestor of the present noble owner, Edward, Lord Skelmersdale. — See Meujiig,
p, 176.

'Lady EenriettsBridget, sole daughter of John, third Lord Asbbumham, (who was I

crested Earl of Asbbumham iu the year 1730, and died iu Hie year 1736-7,) by bis
VOL. II.] I) D

202 . fiotitia etntxUmin*

• •

• •

None to b^.^'^ but such whose names are Crane^ or their
mother's i^aifne'.Crane. V.[ide] Will of Tho.[mas] Crane, an. [no]
1717, in Jtey: *

[Thc]*JE8tate [is] now improved to22^p.[er] an.[num;] wit

comc[tf.-t^'30^ iP'[er] an.[num, the] School to be Free to all.

fj'c^ since by one Holland, 100^.
• • •

nmi'^aw^f. ^^M[ tl Almshouse,^ by whom Founded not known, (as [the] Vic.
^SS [ar] certif.[ied] an. [no.] 1725.) There are ten persons
belong, [ing] to it, who, besides convenient Lodgings, receive
3^«6"p[.er] an.[num] each, yearly, [sic;] and y® Master 25^ p. [er]
an.[uum:] y^ profits arise from Copyholds, Lands in [Up] -Hol-
land, and some lands near Chester.

Cfiarit]^. 10^ p. [er] an. [num was] given to [the] Poor of this Towns? by

^ Pet. [er] Lathom, charged upon Land.

second wife, Lady Henrietta Maria Stanley, was bom in the year 1718, the year her
mother died, and died herself, unmarried, on the 8th August 1732.

' In the year 1650 the Commonwealth Commissioners reported that there was nei-
ther Church nor Chapel in the town of Latham, but that Mr. Henry Hill, an orthodox
Minister, supplied the Cure there in a Chapel within the Manor House or Hall of
Latham, ** for the present." The Commissioners thought that the Hospital Chapel
in Lathom was very fit to be repaired and made a Parish Church for the Dirine Ser-
Tice of God. £50 per annum was paid to Mr. Hill by Mr. Peter Ambrose, Agent for
Sequestration. The Tithes were worth £80 a year, but were sequestrated owing to
the delinquency of the Earl of Derby.

The Chapel of Lathom is ancient and domestic, and is attended by the noble fiunily
of Skelmersdale, their tenants, labourers, and dependants. Diyine Service is performed
twice every Sunday, and also on the days of the great Festivals and Fasts of the
Church. It will contain a congregation of about three hundred in number ; and was,
thirty years ago, repaired and ornamented by Lord Skelmersdale, at an expcnce of
£1,200. The Chaplain is called '* the Almoner of Lathom ;'* and the Diocesan neither
claims jurisdiction over him nor the Chapel.

Nothing is known of the origin of the Almonry. In the year 1761 there was a
rent charge of £26, payable out of certain lands in Upholland; and in the year
1758 Sir Thomas Bootle gave, by Will, £20 a year to the Charity. There have been
thirteen pensioners for many years, although in Bishop Ghistrcirs time, ten appears
to have been the number.

Ocanrrn of ZBlArnngton.

K©5C®2[ff,' about I-IC p.[cr] an.[iium.] Patron, -^.j.
King's CoU.[ege,] Cambr. [idge,] v.[ide] Present. J^;,*;
[ation] from [the] Provost and Scliolare of King's 5g„;;-
Coll.[ege,] an. [no] 1558. In3l.[itulion] B.[ook,'] j.''""^'

An, [no] 1447, Will.[iam] Booth, younger brother of y' Booths
of Dunham, then (of) Barton, was Rectour of Prescott, and was
then made B.[iahop] of Litchfield, and afterw.[ards] translated to
York, \iz. an. [no] 1452. MS. Stt: out of Fuller.

[There are] 4 Wardens for Prescott side, viz. Prescott, Wliiston, Catuiu. is.
and KainhiU, one [for] each townsP in its turn; Sutton,' one;
Kcclestoo and Rainford, one ; Windle and Parr, one ( the first of
W*' is named by [the] Vicar, [and] y« other three by y" eight

' Dedicated lo St. Marj. Value in 1834, £893. Srgutcrs bc^ iu 1583.

Pnacot dota not occor in the Dametdat/ Sarvegy and sppean to have been con-
rejed in roarruge wilh Joan, daughter aad heiress of Benedict Oeruet, to William
dc Dbctt, first Baron Dacre of Oillcslsnd, io the reigo of Edward J. and the AdTOW-
■on ou held bj Banulph de Dacre, the mcoiuI Baron, in the 35th Edward IIL; hat
in the ISth Bicbard II. it had becoma Tested in John, Lord Ketill of Babj, and
Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and hoiress of William, Lord Latimer K.Q-. Aboat the
yenr 1430 tbe Manor and AdTOWSon were in the posseaiioD of the Crown, in right of
the Duch; of Lancaater, and were granted hj Saaj VI. to the FroTOit and Fellowi
of King's College, Cambridge, aboat the jear 1444. In the 27tti jai of that Xing'*
rngn, (1449,) the CoUi^ obtained a Charter for a Market at Pmeot.

"Appropriatio Eecic*. Preacote CoU. BegaL Cantahrig. et Dolatio Ticaria it m
TBtii pouionibus, Tii. EpS Cot. et Lit<:hr. 13 eoL 4 den. ; et Archidiac, Cestr. 6 aoL
8 den. Da(. aptidBe7wode2dirOet. i.D. U4S.~Beff. £oaa, a fol. G4, ad IbL 68, b.
Dotalio Ttcari*. Dal. in Manerio de Hejwode 2 die Oct. A.B. 1448." — In ArrHv.
an. Regal. Caaiabr. b. 7, n. 5. Dacarel't &rp. Vic. Lamb. Libr.

•• The Chorch of Pmtkotc" was Talued at £40, in the jear 1291.

The Church was pewed in the jeai 1611,

' The ProToM and Fellows of King's College. Cambridge, are about to bnild a
Qinni in the Township of Satton, and to eonstitatA it a distinct Parish. U>. Lfidgc,
in hia Pedigree of Korris of Hpeke, haa giTen ten gtoeratioDS of Noma of Bnltoo be-
Eofc ibe 30th Hear; III. which, on the niodent« eompntation of thirty jean In each
life, eiteada to one hnndml and tvrnlT j«an before the Gnquesl. It wonld be den-
nhlc to somtitiuc the en^mfet, on which lOeh nrc dMlnctious are (oBDded.

204 ^tttta etnttitnnU^

[There are] 4 Wardens for y« Chappelry side, viz. Widnesse,

one ; Bold, one ; Cronton and Cuerdly, one ; Ditton, Sankey, and

Penketh, one : y^ first of w^^ is named by [the] Curate of Fam-

worth, [and] y« other three by y^ Vestry.

fSalbr* Parr,3 Eccleston,* Whiston,^ Halsnead,^ Penketh,^ [and] Ditton.®

draumiuir ^S^^ ^t Gram, [mar] School here is supposed to have been erected
t^^ at y« charge of [the] Inhab. [itants] and Neighbours ; and
y« Sal.[ary] of [the] Master, (viz. ltf-10», in houses and Int.
[erest] of Money,) to have been raised by Contrib.[ution8. The]
Master is Nom.[inated] by 4 Wardens, yearly elected by y«
Parish.

^ Parr was anciently the Manerial property of the Parrs, Barons of Kendal, and
Sir Thomas Parr died seized of the Manor in the 10th Heniy Till. In the beginning
part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the Manor and Hall of Parr had passed to the
family of Byrom of Byrom, in which they continued for several generations. The
Manor is now claimed by Charles Orrell Esq. but no Court is held.

* Eccleston was at an early period in the family of the local name, the first on
record being Hugh, grandfiEither of Robert de Eccleston, living in the reign of Henry
III. The family continued in possession of the Estate untU the year 1812, when it
was sold by Thomas Eccleston Scarisbrick Esq. (see Note 2, p. ISSJ to Colonel
Samuel Taylor of Most on, father of Samuel Taylor of Eccleston and Moston Esq.
Eccleston Hall was rebuilt in 1567.

^ WhiBton Hall, a venerable building, is now a farm house. Roger Ogle, of the
family of the Barons Ogle of Bothill in the county of Northumberland, settled here
in the 2l8t Henry YII. and his descendant, Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of
Captain John Ogle, married, after the Restoration, Jonathan Case of Redhasles,
ancestor of John Ashton Case Esq. the present owner.

' Halsnead Park was piirchased by Thomas Willis Esq. in the time of Charles II.
and passed, in the third generation, on the death of Daniel Willis Esq. in the year
1768 to Thomas Swettenham Esq. son of William Swettenham of Swettenham Esq.
and his wife Bertha, daughter of Thomas Willis Esq. Mr. Swettenham assumed the
surname of Willis upon inheriting the Estates of his cousin, Daniel Willis, and dying
s.p. in the year 1788, was succeeded in the Willis possessions by his distant kinsman,
Ralph Earle Esq. who also assumed the name of Willis, and was grandfather of
Richard Willis Esq. the present owner. The north front of the house was built in
the year 1727, and the south front by the last owner.

7 Penketh was held by Jordan de Penket in the 37th Edward III. under Sir William
do Botelcr, as Roger de Penket formerly held it. The Estate passed with Margaret,
daughter and licircfts of Richard Buckwith of Penketh Esq. in marriage, to Richard

J3t2nrr» of 9£larrmgton. 305

Above 300' of School Stock was left long ago, as certif.[ied]
an. [no] 1689. Pap. Reg.

Here is a Gram. [mar] School, free to this TownsP. Sal.[ary]
to [the] Master, Iff-lO* p.[er] an. [num.]

1001 was given to it by Mr. Eccleston ; but [the] Int. [erest]
never paid, and y" money is thought to be lost.

An. [no] 1626, [An] Inquis. [ition^ was held] about raiaemployed
money, given for Erecting a School here; and an Order [was]
made upon it. MS. Hulm. 98, a. 16, 42, 43.

gg tft by Josh.[ua] Marrow, (in 1708,) 400', for Binding Poor Cfiatitiri.
SEJg Apprentices : given by Mr. John Alcock, (in 1653,) 50";
Mrs. Mary Crosse, and Mr. William Glover, DC each ; Mrs. Nor-
ris, 20"; Laurence Webster, IC; Mr. Forme, 5'; Samuel Ashton,
(in 1689,) 4 Cottages in Whiston,

Asheton, about the latter part of the reign of Henrj Till. Margaret, daughter and
coheireH of John Aaheton Em]. nwrried about the yeat 1603, Bob«-t H<r}-wood of
He^iTood Esq. ; uid the Manor of Fenketh vu toU\ about llie year 1630, to John
IreUod Eiq. froni whom il paesed to the Atberlooa, whose co-repre«eBtatiTe it Lord
Lilford. Penketh Hall i* now a farm-honse^

or this &mil; was Thomat Penketh D.D. of Oxford, educated an Angnstinian at
WarringtOD, afterwards a Scotut Frofetsor at Padua, and FroTineial of his Order
in England. He died in the year 1*87. — See FKlUr. HopkinHm'e SfSS. toL i.
p. 135.

" Dillon wai held in terenllie*, in the time of Edward TTl. chieflj hj the DJttoiu,
and in the jear 1472, l£lh Edward IV. Joan, daughter of Bobert de Dilton, having
married Henrjr, gon of Kicbolaa Blundell of Little Croabi, conTeyed the Manor to
him, which now belongs la Charlet Blundell of CVo«bir E«q. and othen.

An ancient funilj of the oamo of DyehefieJd resided here for sereral oentories, and
occupied the Hall in Ihe jmt 1567, and luliKqueiitly.

* Bf Ihii Inquisition, taken before Bishop Bridgeman, William Leigh, B.D. and
William Biapham, at Wigan, on the 2d of October 1627, it appean that Jamea Em-
ricke gare £300, doe from Bobert Kenricke, bj Deed dated the Sfilb of Novetnber
1597, for the maintenance of a Free School and Chapd in the Parish of Prestcot, and
decreed that the School ahould be buill in Eceleaton, on condition of Edward Eodc*-
lOD Esq. giring £100 and an acre of land. During twcnlj-three fears, no progrew
had bc«i made id cmrrTing out the benebdor'B intentions, when the School-wardens
of Procol sought lo hne the £300 tnnsbrred (o their School; and as Heniy
Eccle«Ioa Esq. ton of the said Edward Eivlestoo, frfused to conflrm hu btbrr't

206 0jotitiA et%ttmmis^

CRS^Iirtoii Here is an Alms-house^ built by Oliver Lyme^ (in 1707,) and

nmi'^onU. endowed w^ 500*, [to be applied] to y« maintenance of 12 poor

people of this TownsP. The money is in y® hands of Jonathan

Case Esq. and y« Deed of Gift in [the] Rev. Mr. Marsden's

hands, of Walton ; but y« Poor have yet received no benefit firom

it. Certified] an. [no] 1718.

i^ttUitan Given to the Poor of this TownsP, by Ri. [chard] Holland, (in

e^wcmti. jyjg^j 250»; Mr. Alcock, 50*; Mr. Boardman, 20*; Mrs. Elean.

[or] Eccleston, 100*.

^^g^l^ l^S ^* Zl^l^SlCSt^ standing in Windle.

@qS This Chap, [el] was formerly possessed
by y« Pre8byt.[erians,] but [was] Recovered from y™ by Mr.

grant of the 8it«, and was willing that the School should be erected in Presoot, the
Commissioners ordered the School-wardens to prosecute John Kenricke of Rainhill,
Administrator of Christopher Kenricke, brother of the said James, for the £800, for
that purpose. A building, now used as a dwelling-house, was probaUj built for a
School, in pursuance of thu decree.

* Dedicated to St. Helen. Value in 1834, £240. Begisters of Baptiams b^gin in
1713 ; Burials, in 1721 ; and Marriages, in 1724.

Windell Chapel was returned as a Chantry in the year 1548. On the 23d of Januaiy
1618, Katherine Doumbell, [DomriUe,] "Patroness of the Chapel of St. Helen,*' toge-
ther with James Doumbell Gtmt. her son and heir, enfeoffed Thomas Ecdeston, and
eight others, their heirs and assigns, with the Chapel, Messuage, and Premiaes, to
repair and uphold the same, and nominate the Minister, also to make rules for the
government and ordering of the said Chapel and Minister, from time to time ; the
Minister to read Divine Service according to the usage of the Church of England ;
and the feoffees to appoint seats and forms in the Chapel, respect being always had
to those who extended bounties and furtherance of maintenance to the said Chapel and
Minister. Thia Deed would prove that the Chapel was a Donative ; but having been
augmented by the statute of 1st George I. s. 2, c. 10, it has become subject to the viai-
tation and jurisdiction of the Bishop of the Diocese, and if suffered to remain void for
six months, would lapse as other presentative Livings. There is no Chapelry attached
to the Church, and its duties are confined within its own walls, although Bi^tism
is administered, and Marriages solemnized in it, which anomaly led to an Assize Trial
at Liverpool in August 1847, respecting the right of the Incumbent to the Dues of
the Church, which were claimed by the Vicar of Presoot ; but the case was referred to
a higher tribunal. The Trustees act as Wardens, and repair the building. With the

Sfjiurp of iBarringWii. 207

Byrom.« Certif.[ied] 07' ■ 13'-06'', viz. I'-IO", out of Lands in
Widncsse; ID*, for a house let to H. Toraer; 5i.l3"-6'i, [the]
Iiit.[erest] of IIS'-IO' left by seT.[eral] persons, of w* GO" by Mrs.
Guest. 15' more is lost.

This Chap, [el] was Augmented by Capt. Clayton of Leverpool
with 200*, an.[no] 1716, who afterwards gave 100' more, and y«
People contributed SC, w"* w^'" 200" from y' Bounty, made SSC.

No Warden.

^^^ l|f School, w*!" stands w'^'in y Chap, [el] yard, was Erected i-rtjnol.
K^ by John Lion of Windle, an.[no] 1670, who left 30='' p.[er]
an.[num] to it out of an Estate in Widnesse. All y» other Sal.
[ary] at present, (an. [no] 1719,) is 5' p.[cr] an.[num, the] Int.
[erest] of sev.[eral] parcells of money let out upon doubtfull
Security.

bnudaclioiii named in Ihe t^it the Trustcet purehutd in tho yen 1719 bslf of the
Com Tilhe of PeTminglon, tbe predUl Tithe* of Tildeeley-ciun-Slukerlej, and ■
modal in Bedford, all Townships in thf Ptrish of Irigh. In the jear 1736 ■
«econd BQgmentalion being made, an Estate wu puichued at Sattoa in Ihe Parish
ofFretcot.

It is foppowd that it <ra« original); a Chapel dependent apon the Mother Cbnrch
of pR«»t, bat that tbe FatTona^^ «a* attenranb loot, and being nnimportant, ira«
not renxered at the proper time. It it now in Ihe band* of Trosteea, wIidh right to
Dominate tbe Innunbent bai been questioned b; King's College, ou bdialf of tbe Vicar
of PreMOt, to vkom tbe nnal] Tithca of EU. Helen's belong. In tbe year 1650 the
Puritwi Inqniaiton reported that St. Ellen's in Hardabaw vitbin Windle, mi thne
■tatate miles from the Parish Church, and that Parr, parts of Sutton and Fi i bilnii,
and the Tomiship of Windle, were Bt to be annexed to St. Ellen's, and made a
Parish. Ur. Bichard Mawdisler was tbe Minister, and tanght at the aaid Cliapd,
baring been elected by the fm choice of the Inbabitanta "in tbe sajd Ch^ipdr;,"
and bad receired for (ome lime post £40 a fear ool of the SeijoMttatioiu of Derby
Hundred, but at that time bad bis Income " by tbe gratuity of his bearers," in addi-
tion to £4. 1^. 4d. tbe intenat of sereral snma giren towards the wainlenanM of a
Uinister at t^ ChMftL Upon the wbole be was deemed a painfol Minister, and
one vbo serred the Cnre diligeally an the Lord's Days ; bat Tburwlay, tbe 13tb of
Jsne, bong a FaM Day, sad a ^ of paUi* knmiliatioD, be did not obserre il. The
Tithe Com belonged to K>a|^* AJIrfr, OMthridge, but was then nnder seqaertraitiaii
for tbe delinquen(7 of James, Earl of Derby, tA whom it wm Inaed. "We bdien^"
1^ tbe bu{Biailan, " ibal iLe Lease b ended." — Lami. MSS. loL a.

208 ^tttia et^ttimnin.

The Sal.[ary] is s** to have been much more^ but y® money
[was] spent by [the] Presbyt. [erian] FeoflTees, in a Suit w^ Mr.
Byrom about y« Chap, [el.]

In a Table hung up in y« Chap, [el] is found lOO^ lefk to the
School by one Roughley of Shirdley. V.[ide] Ad. [judication]
cone, [eming] a Legacy of 100^ given to the School here, an. [no]
1619. Reff.[ister] B,[ook,] 2, p. 356.

[The] Master [was] Licensed an. [no] 1709, upon y« Nom.
[ination] of Rich.[ard] Sadler, Feoffee, and others. V.[ide]
Mem.lprandum] B,[ook,'] and Subs.lcriptum] B.[ook,']

€^nxititi. S^[ ^Oma0 STa^IOtt in 1684, gave &*10" a year, charged on
Ift^S Land in Great Crosby, to the Poor of Windle ; Richard
Holland, in 1707, gave £5 a year, on Land, to the Poor of Win-
dle ; [and] Mary Egerton, in 1693, gave 20 a year to Ditto.

/iTfinn^nr ^^ SUN Bailiff »,^ Certif.[ied] Iff.

^Uap^Vay. 1^ 16».00d, viz. a Cottage and 2 Acres of

Fwn. 531. i^'M^-fc^ f -D

j^ -p — <7o. Land in Penketh, 4^ ; Rent Charge upon a House and Land in

DLw. M.... S.

^^i^ ^'^ The Chapel was rebuilt, on an enlarged scale, in the year 1816, when the Patron

Saint was changed to St. Mary.
' " Sep. 8, 1687, Mr. Yenables and his brother brought Mr. Biram of Prescott to

me, who desired to have a Curate in St. Helen's Chapel, into which the Presbyterians

are now intruded, which I promised him — Mr. Dalton." — Bishop Cartwright's

Diary f p. 77.

1 Dedicated to St. Wilfred. Value in 1884, £172. Registers begin in 1538.

Famworth is in the ancient Barony of Widnes, which, having belonged to the
Barons of Halton, progenitors of the Lascy family, passed to the Dukes of Lancaster,
by whom it was conveyed to the Crown. The Manor of Widnes was leased in the
9th Elizabeth, to Francis Alforde, but has long been held of the Crown by the Choi-
mondeley iamily, and is now in the possession of the Marquess of Cholmondeley.

The Chapel of Famworth is of considerable antiquity, and although now Parochial
was originally a Chapel of Ease to Prescot. It was in existence in the year 1480, but
was then dilapidated, and required reparation ; so that an earlier era must be assigned
for its foimdation.

The present Church appears to have been principally built in the reign of Henry

Qraiirrn of ZHarrington.

209

Upton, 1'; 4 acres and J of Land purchased for [the] Min,
[ister,] 41. lO; left by Mr. Woods, 6"; House, biult for [the]
Min.[i3ter] liy y" Chappelry, 3' ; Surp.[lice] fees, 4^. Besides W*
the Curate has 24J-13'-7i'*, w^*" is said not to be perpetuall, viz, a
Common, enclosed by [tlie] Inhab. [itants] of Widnesse, and
Granted for 32 years, by [the] E.[arl] of Rivers, lOl; Contrib.
[utions] from Bold, 5' 5'; Kewarby, 3'-5»; Crouton, 3'; Pens.
[ion] from [the] Crown, S^-3'-7i^.

VIII. The Bold Chiip*!, within the Church, poiitninn nuniCToiu uioimmenta lo the
memor; of ihe ancient and Inightlj familj of Bold, iftiich had tang fumisbcd the
State with brave, and the Chuivh with good men.— St-e QaU't. Mng. pnri ii. pp. 105,
198. IS34.

Id the jear 1650 it nag rix'ommonded that Fnrnworth ehould be constituted a di>'
tinct Parii-h, being four mileB from the Pariah Churchy it was found (hut the Titho
Com amounted to £70 a jetx, and belonged to King's College, Cambridge ; ttiat Mr.
WiUiam flamer, late Minister, hod receired £50 a jear, out of the SBqucsterod
Tithe», then withdrawn, ajid the Deccsiar; cutisequenoe wu (hat the Inhabitaiiti
were without an Incumbent. The aettled income m* £3. 6*. M. ariaiDg out of the
revenues of the Duehy of Lanca»ter, bj Patent j thu int«roat of £10, given by Tho-
mas Vause of Garaton, doccaaed, " to a Preaching Minlater of Fnmworth i" and tho
mtereat of £5, given bj John Msnh of Bohl, for tbe Mune purpo*c. — Lamh. M8S.
voLiL

Handle Holme, who riaited the Chureb on Februvj Z7tb 1635, meutioni • btokcn
iliKTiplioD in "the eate winduw uf the Cuerdle; quite, with the Bi>bop'« picture^
and under it. Orate pro a'i'a D'ni Will'i Smjth, ac p' a'i'abiu p'cnluu auor." AuA
" in the Chaiinn!]! roofe earned in tbe tjmlier, ia, in aeuerall plaen ■ friffen paaaanl
w^ ihewetb tome of the Bould* to have built, or been a benefactor. In the north
ilf i> Aston (Athlon) of Penketh in tbe window, 2 cotai, vnj auntimt. la tbe
Channcoll window, on the eate end, ibe rote ot France and Enf[land qtiartcred in a
border goboiiat« ar. and b. ; on the right la a cote, 1 think tor the Diofea of Lichfdd.
On tbe left band of Englaad'* cote, >• h. a toiter, or- Hone Btubup of that DiMW
built tbe Window. Tbe writti^ broke, only then mn^iwa ^ to be nsd. In
Boold'l Chappdl, on the north aiile, in lb* cat windtnr, Piaaar aad R ~ ~
Und. IntlieuirtbviDdow, 'OratrpToAabRiddflB^^Bl
dba ppr Deaa.' L'ndfr tbe vritt^ ■> • i
Cn£ paM. «. bcka and lenB, .ad a labdl .
ta^. Hn. 6L a^ mmt. tOm UalalL "Drnt fa » Um OmpH) • mmwi" m<«
Ibr Bidt. telMr (o » no. Boydt aM Mood ia tb MUb atf Ika Chvd, a>d M • ^

210 ^tttta etnttmmi%.

An. [no] 9 H.[enry] 6, S' Pet.[er] de Dutton* was ordered to
deliver an Oak out of Northwood Park, for y« Repair of Fam worth
Chap, [el.] S*- P. X. p. 255.

An. [no] 1555, a Compos, [ition] was made betw.[een] y« Par.
[ish] of Prescot and [the] Inhab. [itants] of this Chappelry about
y^ choice of 8 persons to examine y^ Churchw" accounts, and ab^
y« manner of Laying and Paying Lays in y^ Par. [ish] for y« Re-
pair of y« Church, and Confirmed by y« Bp. V. [idc] Reg. [ister]
B.look,] 1, p. 406.

[The] Vicar of Prescot is obliged to maintain a Curate here,
" propriis sumptibus," but to avoid y« charge, he suffers y« Chap-
pelry to choose for themselves. But [the] Inhab. [itants] an. [no]
1705, recommended w*^ut any pretence of Right to choose.
V.[ide] Form in Pap. Reg.

4 Wardens: one for Bold; one for Widnesse-cum-Appleton,
(in w«^ stands Famworth;) one for Cuerdly and Crowton, by
turns ; one for Ditton, Penketh, and Sankey, by turns : One of y«
four, [is] chosen by [the] Min. [ister;] the other three by y« In-
hab. [itants] of y« Chappelry. V.[ide] Prescott.

3 m.[iles] from Prescott. Extends from N.[orth] to S.[outh]
5 m.[iles,] from E.[ast] to W.[e8t] 4 m.[iles.]
)tan. Bold.3

of age, Sonne and hejre to Rich, who ob. 1635, who had his acherements put up
then." — HarL M8S. cod. 2,129, pp. 79, and 189. The Vicar of Prescot nominatas
the Incumbent.

' Sir Peter Dutton of Button Ent. married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir WilUam
Butler of Beausy, Lord of Warrington. He was made Governor of Northwood PaA
in Over Whitley in the county of Chester, in the Ist Henry VI. 1423, and was
ordered to deliver this oak by William Harrington, Chief Steward of Halton, imder
Henry, (Chicheley,) Archbishop of Canterbury, and other feoffees of King Heniy V.
Sir Peter died in 1433 aged sixty-six. — Leycester's HUt. of Cheshire.

' Bold was in the possession of Robert de Bold in the year 1292, 2d Edward I. he
being the son of Matthew, the grandson of William de Bold. The last heir male, in
direct descent, was Peter Bold Esq. M.P. who died in the year 1762, having devised
his Estate to his eldest daughter, Anna Maria Bold, who dying unmarried in the year
1813, it passed to her nephew, Peter Patten Esq. M.P. F.B.S. and S.A. (son of
her sister, Dorothea, the wife of Thomas Patten of Bank Esq.) who assumed the sur-
name of Bold, and at his death, in the year 1819, the representation devolved upon

Sranrrv of ZStarrington. 211

^jg ere is a Free School, fouuded by Bp Smith,* [the] Founder ^ctiaal.
^^S of Brazennose Coll.[egc,] who was bom in this place, and
has settled IQi p[er] an.[num] upon the Master, charged on (the
R«ctory) Lands of Rostheme in Cheshire, and appointed the
Mayor of Chester Trustee for y* payment of it, in whose hands
arc the "Writings relating to this Charity.

The Bp has given a preference to y" Scholars of this Parish w*''
respect to y* Preferments in his Con,[ege.]

The Inhab. [itants] nom.[inate] y" Master, though 'tis doubted
whether the Right be in them.

An. [no] 1507: By Indent. [ure] betw.[een the] BPandD.[ean]
and Ch. [apter] of Lincoln, [the] Priory of Laiind, and [the] Mayor
and Citizens of Chester, the Priory, in coosid. [eration] of SOff,

htfl daughter* ADil rohcireAse^f tht eldest of whom, the PriacFSf Sapicba, djLng in the
\e»r 1B24, t.p, the Estit« psswd to her aider, Dorothia, wife of Sir Htfury Bold
HogbtoQ Bart.

Bold HaJl, iiUTOUiidtil by ■ moat, wu rebiiill in the jeaz 1616, b; Bicbard Bold
Esq. ; but Utile of that ttnictnre now mnAini. The pnaeot boiue vu finUhed in
the year 1730, b; PetCT Bold Emj. from Ifae dmgii ot I,eoni, so Italian architect.

* William Smith, Biahop of Lincoln, Lord Preaideut of the Uarchea of Wain, and
ro-founder of BraaenOM CoDcgc, Oxford, of an andrat and napeclmble dunilT, wu the
fourth (OD ot Bobeit Sautb of frtl Hott*e in Widnea, and bora abont the jemr 1460.
Be was nlni3t«d mtder tbe roof of Thomas, fint Earl of Derti;, whose piotu uid
muuiflcetil lady, Uai^uet, Cmmtcu of Kchmotid, became hii Patron : and thence
removed to Lincoln G>11efe, where he mt a Commoner in the *ear 1178^ In the
Tear 1493 he became Bi*hop of Lichfield and Corrnliy ; and in the year 1496 wu
traiulaled to Linooln, and was eleiled ChonceltirT of the Unirenity of Oiford. In
the year 1507 be fonnded ■ Ftflowthip in Oriel College ; and tbe woe year a Free
School at Famworth, endowed by an BtiDnity ptiyabte by the Monartcry of Laond in
the ooanly of leuawter, pi«er»ed by a Decree of the Conit of AugmentMion, on the
DiHohition, and paid out of the Tithe* of BoetJwne in Ctieahire, by the Dean and
Chapter of Chrii* Church, they harinf ttte a p pro p rialion from tbe Crown. Arch-
den^on Choiton w probably B»re exact in hii ■tatnnenl than the tat. He itatea
that Ibe BUhop gare £350 to tlv Honarteey of Lannd, to asaiit them in procnriiig
the approprntion of tbe l^tWs at Boethome ; and itipalated by Indenture dated
JnJy aoih 1509, that the Prior mA CoonsI ahoahl pay £10 a jrmr, for erer, to tbe
Uarorand CorporatioD of CbMUr, forihe Bae of the Haater of the Fne School ot
Faniworth- In tlw year ISOS be baeiaM a bacfaelcr of lincoln College ; and in Ite
tame jew obtnoed tte ailc Ibr tW fooadatMa of Brateooae Colkg*^ which tniiUiag
appear* to hare been LuMCPCtJ ia the yew 1509, and finithtd in the you 1512. It

212 ^MtttiM

pren tbem br t* B? toiruds thdr erpcnce in approp. [riatmg] the
Church of Bosthem^ grant to [^the] MmTor and Chiaena of Chester,
lO' P-Ier] an.[^nimi,] to be paid to [the] Sdioolmaster of Fam-
vorth, to be named h\ jhe] Br of TJiwWn^ during hia life, [and]
afterv.''aids1 br ''the' MaTW and Citiaena of Chester. Orders
for T« Schocd to be made by t« Bp. Ay. XidL

Fud out of [the] Bect.'orr] of Bosthem br [the] Tenant of
[the] Capitall House. lb.

V.lde] Pet.[ition] to [the] Mayor and Ald.[efinenJ 1631.
MS. Hmim. 97, a. 18^ 100. ^

An.]no] 1623, a Letter was directed to S' Tho.[mas] Smith,'
)IaTor of Chester, firom y* Gentry of Famwoith, w<* demonstrates
y^ J* power of choosing a Master was in y* Mayor and the Assem-
blT. Str.MS.

Henry Hampton, by Will dated the 25th of Jane 1638, gave
Lands in Bainhill for the better maintenance of a School>master.
J. Flampton gave, before 1694, a house and 3} acres of land in
Penketh, to the Chapel and School.

a* */rimiui^ >/j xhtt CLsrVr th»t the CoUe^ thail consist of a PrincqMJ, and tveht
Feiic/wt, «U k4 xhta. v> Ve bon in the ^aacient^ Dioone of CoveBtrr mad TirhifM,
vitb prtlereujt: t/> zaarr»n *A tbe conntin of Lnncastcr and Chester, mad eepecia&;f
uHtir«» tA \\^. Vvvi:^^ 'A Vrv^^A in LanctMhire, and Prcstbur in QftesluFeL He
aJi»o ifns^iA a Fr^ ?^rv». and Hofpital at Liclifidd. He died Jannair 2d 1511
Mr, CJuuiVA xcKib*9( X1.3A Mattfaia* Smrtb, the first Princqial of BFaaaioae^ br his
WjJJ daau^ \>v:. lltij li^f7, gare hmds in Sutton to hi« nqthev Bahhrin Smjth,
'.-iiarf«94 'm'lx)* Vh. a rear Xo the Ufther of Famvorth School. — Chiuton*8 Lkm rf
hUiu/if HmUk amd Stf MicAard Smttom. p. 392, 4to. 180a

Farav/yrth bad tb« diitin^ruifthed hononr of producing two other Flc)at«s eq[na]l^
laurtj0sd if ifA ticjuailr at mimificent aa Bbhop Smith. Here waa bora in the jev
U*44 Bifdiiard BaiMrroft, Arcbbbhop of Canterbmr, a great Statesman and a aomd
Cburdlimaa, who di^i in the rear 1610. Here was also born John Bancroft, nephew
of tb« Ajx:bbi*bop, Ifa^ter of CiuTerutT College Oxford, consecrated Bishop of Oxlbfd
in less; and irho frxpeudbd £ZJSjO0 in'building Cuddeeden Pftlace. He died in ths
jemr 1040.

* Hw Thf jiim» Hudih of Hough Knt. Major of CHiestcr in the jear 1G2S; Sheciff of
Cb««bire iii tU' %«ar 1623, living in the rear 1666, mairied Mair, daoghter of Sir
H<igb Hiuith, ij«^r Bri*tol, and had twcntj-two children. Hia aaceetora ippenr to
b«T«; kM*u rouix^-i^i with the Founder of Brasenose College. He waa the fimith in

Qcancrn of {Xtarringion. 213

L

HQM Land in Upton; 10" to [tlie] Poor of Kewardly, and XO' to
Widnesse, [the] Iut.[erest] to be distributed yearly, byTlio. [mas]
Smith.

S|S HIXiP©KO,i Certif.[ied] 19I-07'- f,
^i OOi, viz. 5', Iiit.[ere8t] of lOQi, called p
the Old Stock; l'-7', Iiit.[erest] of 27' collected upon Letters of^i
Request granted by B.[ishop] Stratford; 5', Lit.ferest] of 100'
given by Mr. Wells of Wigan; 1', left by J. Liou; 2', by Tho.
[mas] Lion; 5', from King's Coll.[ege,] but 'tis doubted wb.
[ether] it may not be withdrawn; 75', left since by Mr. Parr.

The Curate is named by y* Trustees for y Chappell v/'-^ [the]
consent of y* Vicar. The original] of this Trust was ab' 20 years
agoe, w" this ChappcU was recovered out of the Dissenters' hands,
who had been in Possession ever since y" Warrs.

An.[no] 1634, there were no Seats in y Chappell but w' be-
longed to y" Anccstours of Hen.[ry] Latham of Moesborrow,
(upon whose ground 'tis s*" the Chap, [el] was built.) In this year
there was a distribution of Seats made by Commissioners appointed

descent from Sir Thoaiag Smith, Major aud Citiien of Cheater, one of the Eieculon
of Biebop Smith's Will, dated the 26th of December 1612. — See QutreU's Nul.
Cat. ToL i p, 123, Nolo 2.

> Pitrou Sabl ncknoim. Value in 1834, £136. Beaten begin ia ITIB.

Sir Robert do Latham held the Manor of Roiuford in the tjme of Kdnord 1, by
tnltj, and without performing aDy eeit'iee. In the rcigo of Ricbird II. the Manor
waa etmvejed to Sir John Slanle; K.O. in marriage wLth lubella, the heireta of the
LsUunui ; but Uoiborougb was giren to Thomas Latbom by his elder brother. Sir
Robert de Latbom, (who married Kalberinu de Knowtlej) in tbe vear 1292, 20th
Edward I. and his deaceudants continued to reside at Uoeborough Hall until tbe
oarlj part of tho laat coDtur;. — {Lane. Fed. Vail of LaiK. 1613.) Tho Manor then
pnaaed to the familj of Molineui of Uawkley, b; whom it woa shortly afterwards Bobl
lo tbe Earl of Derby.

The Cbaptl eiisleil in the year 1577, and in the year 1650 w»« stated to bo sit or
•even miles from Ilie Pariah Church. There was then a Yard belonging lo the Cha-
pel, upon which had bcCTi erected a rmall building called the Chapel Chamber, wherein

214 i^tttta Ct%txmmi%.

by y« Bp ; upoa w^^ Distribution^ over ag* y* name of every person
who had a Seat assigned him y® summe he was to pay to y® Min.
[ister] for his Wages^ and another summe for his fifteen or Assess-
m* towards [the] repair of y® Chap, [el.] This Order is in y«
hands of Edw. [ard] Rainford of Rainford, one of y« Trustees of y«
Chappell.

The money left by Mr. Parr is upon condition y* y« Vicar does
not keep y® Chap, [el] in his own hands.

4 m.[iles] from Prescott.
CotDttif. 1. I Warden, named by y« Curate. [The] TownshP [is] divided
into Hasum-End and Chappell-End.

g^t^ooL ^I^K t^ School here was first built, and hath been all along
§E ^B repaired by [the] Inhab.[itants.] [The] Sal.[ary] to [the]
Master is 5^«10* p.[er] an.[num,] viz. 2^ [left] by Th.[oma8] Lion,
charged upon Land ; [by] Joh.[n] Lion, (in 1670,) 1^; and2i«10*.
Interest of 50^.

The Master [is] nom.[inated] by 5 Feoflees.

[There is] 75^ left since by Mr. Parr in Mr. Prescott's hands.
[The] Writings are kept in y® Town Chest.

[The] School [was] built ab* 40 years agoe ; [it is] free only to
2 Scholars, Left by Tho. [mas] Lion.

Ab^ a quarter of a mile from [the] ChappeU ; [there is] a room
over y« Chappell, but not fit for [the] Master to live in.

€^Bxiti$M. ^fXM ID Stock for y® Poor, by whom given not known, 421'10*;
mmH given since by Mrs. A. Singleton, 60^; by Tho. [mas] Lion,
2^ p.[er] an.[num,] Joh.[n] Lion, (in 1670,) lip.[er] an.[num,]
both upon Land. Paid by Mr. Lawton of Prescott.

the Minister formerly liyed. It was at one time used as a School-house, but in the
year 1650 was in the possession of Kalph Smith " during the Towne*s pleasure." Mr.
Timothy Smith, the Minister, was elected by the consent of the Chapelry, and for-
merly receiyed £40 a year out of the Sequestrations. There was a stock of £60,
giyen by seyeral persons deceased, for tho use of a Minister, and for want of such, to
go to the Poor of Rainford. Tlie Tithe was worth £40 a year, and had been farmed
by the Earl of Derby, but was then sequestered. — Lamb. MSS. yol, ii.

aaauxt of zaamvgtsm. 215

]t^|l a^SZ^.' No endowmeot. Thu
iSSi Chap, [el] was neveT used, bat in Oli-
ver's time. It lias been well seated. [It is] now oat of repair,
an.[no] 1720.

This Chap.[el] was built in y* Reign of Char. [les] 1. by Contri-
bution. The Land it stands upon, w<^ the Yard about it, was
given by [the] Fani.[ily] of Buiscy.

The Tinr of Prorol ^ipointi the CorUe. A mull GmUecj ba* Utet; bmi
ntctod in the loutli cul comer of the Chapel tor the mkgcn.

> Dedicated lo the BUswd Tirgiii Han- Taloe in 1SS4, £103. Bcpatcn bcpo

PaguD* de Villkn, the Ibit Baron of WBrrington, gtrt to Oerard ile Baofci, the
caipeoln', a carnatr of land in Saokn, to bold bj- mililaiy aerricc i and hu ton,
Mattheir de Villim, gaie the Kniet of Kalph de Sanchi and the Church of War^
rington lo the fiiarj of Thargarton ; and Roger de Sonhej, in the reign of Henry
tn. behl of Sir William Batler, the heir of Almmc Pioeema, the twentieth part of
a Knight'i fer, in Penket. The Bonkns continued at Little Sosker until the jnr
1G39. — See Warriiglom im 1165, hy U'illtam Beamont Emi. Sote, pp. 46, 47. The
Maaon of Sankcj Magna and Sankej Parra coDtinoed, howerer, to be tested in the
UutUn of Warrington, and paaied &oin then) to the Irdandi of Bnrarj in the jear
16 , and probablif bj nuniage vith Elomor, danghter of Sir Tbomaa Iicland, to
John AtheHon of Alberton Esq. (who died in the 22d Charie* t.~Lat. Pediffrea,
*aL lii.) and are do* h^ bj bis co-repmentatiTe, Lord Lilford, who ia abo Patron
of the Liiing.

The CommiMionen report in 1650 that Saukej Chapel had been btctj built bj the
Inhabitanta of OreaTe, Sankej, aud Pmketb, at their own eoil and charges, being
eight statute milea from Fomvorth, and three aud a half mitei &oni Warrington.
The Tithe belonged to King'a College, Cambridge, and waa worth £51 per annum,
being farmed bv the Earl of Derbr, until sequntered. The Tithe in Sank^, held bj-
Qilbert Ireland Eaq. amonntod lo £14 per annum. The small Tithe waa worth £5 a
year, and belonged t« the Vicar of Prescot. The Conuniuioncrs recommended that
Sankoj ahould be made a dialiuL-t Parish.— li>»£. MSS. roL ii.

The Chqwl wai used aa a PresbjUTian place of worthip nntil tbe year ITSS, when
the Atberton fiunily placed it under Episcopal gotemmenl. It wu rebuilt in the
Jttn 1767-S, and cooiecnted hj Biihop Keene in the ;ew 1760, In tbe year 1S42
a Oallerj- was extended giring lift;-sii additional aittings, fortj'lwo being frco and
unappropriated, to the pmriuus]; eiisling three hundrni and forty.

Hall Whittle is an ancient house, said to bate been the seat of the Sooliey
famil]', and subsequenilj of the Bixions, who were settled here in the lixteenth cen-
tury. It now belongs lo I^orl Lilford,

ai» Jlottrta erMTirnttfit.

*■**•"•* 'ISPli' *••'**•' '^^*- ^^ P-[«f3 an.[imm.] Patron,
??;::!;»:! 'fBS^§, ^^ ,^"^'8»°. *•»« purchased y Advowaon of L*

S^S *^^^ An. [no] 13%, Pat.[ron,] S' WU.[liam] Moliaem.
KSsT; t MS. Ifilm. 90, /. 11, <■* Cart. Epi Cot. ^ L.
11". \u.|.nol 1557, S' Rich.[ard] MoUueux presented. Itul [UiUum\

ff.L«K)*.l 1. 18.

' lWi.^«l U. St. lt,4>«. Vria, in 18S4. «1,878. Regiaten begin in 1597.
R.HPf» .U- >\>k-(i.«, .hortljr mflnr tin ConquMl, gmre the Manor of 8efton and other
hiuU U< WUlUw Jra MoliM*, to nuuxJ from Moulin., b town of Bonriwnnoi* in
rnui.*. • nuui iu™ti..iwJ in Ih* NumM Chronicle* u of noble origin, and > bron-
Tit* of Wiltwn, Ouki- i>f Xornwndr. Some initen, howerer, bmT« stated that (hi*
Uauor WM fvmt to VirUui di» Molinmu, his ton, whose son, Adam de Mnljnsax,
iut>l hi» wife, .iowta, held half ■ Knight's fte in Cefton, and gare lands to Ihs
Abhipy of iX-lMWina. uwfcr tbn Snl of the Oom Holine. The Manor has dewoided
■hruu^th a Urng line of diiliuguirhed and iUiutriotu ancMtors to the present oobb
owner, lliarW William, the elevenlh Yi«count Moljneui, and third Earl of Sdton.

■HVi>tt>n I'hun'h" was Talued at £96. 13s. 4d. in the jear 1291, and had been some
tinte in exii>tenee, as it is ntniliuned in * dved a.d. trenscribed into the Chartalair of
m. Ha)7 of liMicwter. Much of the present edifice was built in the reign of HeatT
Vlll. hr .\nthMi,T Uolinrui, the Reet»r, "a fiunoos Preacher." He was the jonngv
sou of Thomas Mulineux of Haughlon in the count; of Kottingbam, and his wife,
KlUabeth, daughter of Sir \VilliainMarkhamKnt. and also great nephew of Adam de
Uolineui, I)i*hop of Chichester; and appears to hare succeeded his cousin, JamM
Molineui, An-hdraeon of Richmond, iu this Liring, which was, as might be expected,
(Wqurnllf hvld hj one of the fauiljr of the Pslrou. He built, according to Dodt-
worth, a grval wall rouud Uagdalm College, Oxford ; and a house, for a School, in
the Chureh-jard of Srfton, which has disappeared. Anthonj Molineui died in the
inar lUS, seroriliiig to the Pedigree of the familj. The Church is disposed in a
Tower surmounted br a Spire^ KaTS^ Aislee, and a ChanceL There are also two
Chapeb, — one belonging to the 3eflon faniilj, and founded as a Chantry in the j«ar
1628, hj Margant, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneui, and the wife, (]) of John
Dutton of DuttoQ Esq. and (!) of William Bucklej Esq. i and the other Chapel, ori-
ginally built hj the Blunddls of Ince. Both are surrounded bj a parclose. In the
Choir are sixteen oak stalls of exquisitely carred work, deconted with pinnacles, and
adorned with grotesque figures. The Screen between the Choir and Nare is of bean-
tiiiillT carved oak, diBplajing a profusion of foliage, bosses, and architectural design.
The tombs, brasses, alabaster monumenta, stalls and screens, are fuU of interest to the
antiquary, ami will repay exanunatioo.

In the year 1650 Sepbtou was nturoed as an ancient Parish Church, the Parsonage

JSrancr^ of anarrfngtoii. 217

The Church is a stately regolar building, th6 of no great anti-
quity. [It was] endowed at y^ time of its Foundation w" 40
acres of Glebe, w^ is now all (except a little more than aii acre)
auncsed by y^ Lords, the Patrons, to their demesne, and y*
Demesne (which is above 300' p. [er] an. [num,]) exempted from
Tyth. Recl-lor] of Hahall's Accfa.^.[^o\ 1718.

Houw auii glebe lands bciiig worth -lOi.. b jBar. The Tithes of Sepliton, Xellier-
ton, and Lunt, worlh £70 b jcar. The Tithea of Thornton in this Parish, worth
£6* per annum. The Tilhea of Insd Blnndell and Little CrOBby, worth £20
per annum. The Tithes of titherland, Oiretl, Ford, and Ajntrje, worth
£98. IOb. b j.iBT. "Mr. Joseph Tompson, an able and gortlj Min', pBinful in his
Core, anil diligent in obKrring Bach dajs an bHTe been aet apart \iy the Pari' either
for F»ts or Da^s of Thanltsg*, hath the above for hk Salary. Ub pajreth t/ln.
Morelon, wife of Ih-. Horcton, (inetitoted in 1629,) s rtelinquent, latfl B«rtor of
Sephton, a 5'^, aceording to an order of the County CannnissioDers { and in regard of
the lBfgone«« of the Parish, the Church also stJind" att one (ide of the Parish, wo
ooDoeiTe itt conieD' and fitt that 2 Chnrche* be biult for the Work of Qod within the
«' Parish, and to bo made pBriahea, — one, in or near Ince Blandell, {for an obTioua
reason;) thfl other, in or ne«r Litherlnnd ; the want of snch Churehea being the
canse of Lojtering, and much Ignorance and Popery." — Lamb. MS8, vol. u. £200 a
jear, clear of deductions, was B strong Living in those limee. Nenrly • rantury after-
warda half the Panihioners were Members of the Chureh of Rome, and onlj one Froe-
bytenan fjunity remaiDed. Dr. Kdward Moreton was a Prebendary of Chester, and
Beotor of this Parish, des«mded from the ancient family of Moreton of Little Hore-
ton in the county of Chester. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Webb
Ent. and nieee of Archbishop Laud. He was also R«etoi of Standish, nod afterwards
OiapUin to tho Lord Keeper, and ercaU-d D.D. at Oiford, in the year 1636. lie was
deprived of his preferment about the year 1613, and his wife hBd no fifths paid her.
Be was reinstated in his prefcmicnta at the Restoration. His son, William Moreton
D.D. born at Sefton in the yenr 1641, became surcessivuly Bishop of Eildare and
Mcath. — Walker's Bfiffi-ringt of Hit Clrrgy, pp. 2, and 11. Wood's Fn,li Oion.

Mr. Doming Rashothom, in the last centniy, described the Monuments in this
Church with conaiderable minuloness. Amongst the most interesting Is the monu-
ment of Bichard Holineui Ent. and Joanna his wife, daugbtcr of Sir Gilbert Hay-
dock, Sir Richard distinguished himself at the battle of Aiinrvurt, and was created
a Banneret on the field. He died in the year 115tt, and his bdy in the year 1439;
and their Altar Tomb, of white marble, still remains, partly in the Chancel and partly
on tbe north side of the Altar, in the Molyneui Chapel. In Part liii. of the Waller
Briam, is hu engraving of the monument of Sir William Hidyneni and ilia two
wivea, in the year I&18, olw remaining m this Chapel.
VOL. ...]

21U jlotitia errfttriciwiti.

Here in a uew l*ai-9.[oiiage]-hou8e, built by y prea.[eiit] Rect.

[or,] an-tno] 1723.
{TolDiid. 9. This Parish is divided into 4 quarters ; the first consists of

[the] Towns.[hipa] of Sephton, Netherton, [and] Liiut. 2. Inse-

Blimdcll [and] Little Crossby. 3. Litherland [and] Aintory. 4.

Orrell and Ford.

[There arc] 2 Churchwardens, v/'^ are chose, [n] out of ye acv.

[eral] Townships, in turn,
ftnllfl. [There ia] an ancient Seat in Inse-Blundell' called The Grange,

[and] Sefton.^

The AJvuwaon appifBrs to Lutb buL-ii irguardaiit uf the Manor from the BBrlimt
period untU it wbs sold bj Carjl, llie third Yiscount Molineiii, on his being out-
lawed, and on bU disth in the jear 1698 it was foutid to be in the It^ poewssiou of
George, Ear! at Cardigan, who, in tbc ;ear 1728, presented tbe Bat. Tbomaa Egcrton
M.A. who built the Boctorj Houee, and died hare in the jear 1763. The AdtowBon
was purchased n little before the latter fear, by the Ber. James Rolhwell, the Yicar
of Dean, (we toL iL part L p. 12,) who, on tlio death of Mr. EgcHoo, presented his
lOD, Ui-, Sichard Botbwell, and be djing in the jmr 1802, was eueoeedcd bj hii aon,
the "Rer, Bicbard Rotbvell, the preaent Rector and Falron.

' Ince Btundell was in the poasesEion of Williani du Blundell in the reign of Henrj
m. from whom it dsaccnded to John de Blundell, the plaintiff against John, son of
Henry de Chalherton, and Katenne hia wife, at Wentminatcr, in (he 49th Edward
ni. for the Manor of Ine» juita Scflou, when Jolin Blundell r«'OTered the Manor.
The family continned here, in mole descent, ontil the death of Charles Robert BluD'
dell Esq. bom in May 1761, and died Oetober 30tb 1837, when the Estates pasted,
by derLio, to a member of the family of Weld, destribcd as " Edward Weld of Lul-
worth Castle, nephew of Lady Htourton," [the ChristiaD name of the owner of Lul-
worth Castle, being, at that time, Tliomas, second son of Joseph Weld Esq. brother
of tbe CardinaliQ who assumed the name of Blundell, and took possession of tbe
Estates. Lord Camojs, the nephew of Charles Bobert Blundell Esq. uonteited
the sncoeesioD of Mr. Weld, on tbe ground of mis-deseriptiou. On au appeal
to the llouse of Lords the question was referred to the fifteen Judg<», who, in July
1S47, decided that Mr. Thomas Weld Blundell was the person designated in the
Will as "Edward Weld," and eonsequently entitled to the Estates. — See UUKWIOH,
Tol. ii. part i. p. 41,

In the midst of a luxuriantly Vl ooded Park, commanding varied and pleasing views,
is the Hall, a Urge and handsome modem house ; and at the easlvrn angle, ia tbe
Pantheon, a eireular edifice built by Henry Blundell Esq. (who died in the year 1810,
aged eigbty-sii,) for the reception of his laluablc antiquities and euriosilies, consisting
of nmrblcs, busts, statues, urns, sarropbagi, and paintings, Mr. Slundell was a man

•rjiuern of SEUrrinston. ^19

■ Am to [the] Poor by sev.[eral] persona v^Kn these 8 years, C&aritirf.
6*T left by WiU.[iam] Parr, 3(W; [by] J. Brianson and H.
Hunt, IC each to Sephton Quarter ; by 3 Darwens, 10' each ; [by]
B. Fletcher, 51 to Sephton Town; by J. Fletcher 50i, [and] N.
Fletcher 10', to Nettleton ; by Oz. Hill 3ff, Jam[es] St«phenson
IC, A. Reynolds 20', [and] J. Rice 5', to Inse-Blundell; by Edw.
[aid] Holme, [by Will dated Dec. 30th 1695,] laoi, to Thornton;
by Ed. [ward] Darwen and Jam.[e8] Hurdes, \(f each, to Orrell
and Ford. All these snmmes [are] in good hands, and [the] Int.
[erest] didy paid. Certif.[icd] an. [no] 1718,

Gifts and Legacyes for y" nsc of y* Parish, 64*, v^ hath been
given of late years — wrote uppon a large Table in y Cbanccll.
Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1722.

^^ ROSBS' — Crosby Mag\.i, or Much p™
j^S CaosBY. Certif,[ied] y' it is pronded

for by the Rectour of Sephton who allows the Cnrate 13' p.[er]

an. [num.]

of rained lod cidtiTsUd twtr, and employed hi* jridc^ fortune and ample lebnre
in rewnmg from oblnion work* of ut, and the prodnctknu nf genins, >liirli here
fboDd ■ Mean hsren amonfM the mniea and gncM. There ic a Roman Calbolk
ChtpA vitbin tbe HaO.

' Sefton Hall, anrroonded bj a moat ttID in exiitener, incloeing about ■ quarter of
an acre of derated groond in a flat field, *ai the neat of the Uolineni bmilj in (he
Jrar I3T3, and adjoined the Church- It had long been a farni-hoiue, when it waa
taken down about half » eenlnrr ago, rilh the Boman Calbolie Chapel, uliirh waa
eonlignoD» to it. Thii noble EtmiJ; baa been Tarioualj distingnielted, and hu eontn-
bufed ila fall tban to the ^rat nien of the eoontj. Sir William Molineui waa in the
arm J of Edward llw Black Prinoe, at Xararre; Sir Biehard Uolineiu fought under
lEenrj T, at Aiincotut ; Adam Volineni waa Biahop of dtieheater, and mnrdend ai
Portfmouth in tbejcw 1440; and another Bir William MoUneox aceompBiiHl the
Earl of Sum7 to Flodden Field.

■ Dedkatoi U) St. Lake. Talno in IS3«, £tl9. Begiilm btgia in 1747-
John, Earl of Horton, in the reign of Hentj 11. anno ll&S, gnnted to Ttobert
Ajnoladale, hi* fonatet, loT bia homage and acrvier, Otvat Croabj, and eonSrard
a on lb* ISth of 4niie after be became Kine- ^ir Robert Blonden of

220 0,auna CcRtrmiftiB.

The Tylhs of this TownsP, being wortli near 100' p-[crj an.
[uum,] are Leased to L'' Molineux for 4' p-[er] aii.[uura,] during
[the] Rect'* life ; and having been soe Leased by some of his pred.
[ecessOTs,] it is very near corae to a prescription. Ccrt.[ified] an.
[no.] 1718, by [the] Bcct.[or] of Halsall.

Crosbj was groniltfuu of th<^ Grautw, aud living in the 5tl] Edward 1. buing Ibe
diroct ttucBslor of Niu'boke Blundell Esq. who died in the jour 1737, haying by his
wifo, tho Hon. Francia Langdale, daughter of Mannaduke, second Lord Longdale,
two daughters, of whom Friinci» br«imo erentually Ids sole beiresa, and married
Honrj Peppard of Drogbeda, Esq. whose aon NiehoU*, in the year 1772, ihorlly
before bis molber'» death, aseuniod the aurnamo of Blundell, and dying in the jear
1795 was BUecrt^ed by hk son, tbe present William Blundell £eq. of Crosby.

Tlic Cliapel is a brick building with a Tower, and wa« ia eilatenee in tbe year 1619.
It was described in tbe year 1650 as an antient little Chapel, wiJl situated, and that
the Incumbent, Mr. Jolin Kidd, au able Mimater, hod all the Tithes of tlui Town-
ship, omouating in value to £80 per annum, eicept a 6ftb which was payable to
Mrs. Moreton, wifo ot tbe ejected Hector of Sephlon. It was three miles from the
neit Church, and ought to be mule a separate Pariah. — Lamb. MSS. voL iL

On the 9th of July 1672, tho Merchant Tailors' Compa.ny of London were the
Petitionera, and John Ashworth, Sohoolmoster of the Free Qrammar School at QreU
Crosby in the county of Lancaiter, and tbe Churcb-wardena of 8t. Augustine, Lon-
don, were the Defcndout^, in a Suit which opoae out of a lUsputo rospecliug property
destroyed iu the Fire of London in tbe year 1666. Tbe Petitioners set forth that
John Ilorrisou, Into Citizen and Merchant Toylor of London, deoeaeod, did, by Will
dated the 6lh of May 1618, giro to tho said Company to build at Qreat Crosby a
Fre« Oianiniar Si^bool, to be called "The Merchant Tuylore' School, founded at the
charge of John Harrison," all Lis mussuuges in Crane Court in the Parish of St.
Augustine, and four homes in tbe Old Change in the B«me Parish, two bouses in St.
Swithin'a Lane, near London Stono, and £500, la pay Salariea, ic. to tbe Master and
X-'sher, and for the use of tbe Poor in Xiant Alley in London, by consent of the said
Cburcji-wardons. The Decree of the Court of Judicature eatoblisbed to settle those
disputes, does not uppvar in this citse, but tbe Court usually added aome additional
term to the Lease for tbu eacourogemeut of building, and abated for u time tbe
amount of rent charge, su that all the parties might equitably bear a portion of the
loss oecasionod by the great Fire j but the Decrees did not affect the tenure by whieh
lands ond Wnemeuts were Iteld. The vnlue of these records, in a genealogical and
archaiologioal pobt of view, is very great, and the whole have been carefully ab-
stracted, arraugeil and Indexed, though still in MS. by Thomas W. King Esq. F.9.A.
Vork Uerald. — Addil. JUSS. Brit. Mm. 5,100, JV'o. 52. The Founder's bequests ore
now [mid by Ibe Merchant Tailors' Compony.

Srancrji of JLClavimglon. 221

An.[uo] 1629, a verdict [was given] touchmg y tnisemploym'
of a stock of money given tow.[ards the] maintenance of y"
Minister. MS. Hulm. 98, a. 16, 52.

2 m.[iles] from [the] Par,[ish] Church.

/S^tf f)e Free Gram, [mar] School here, (being a large stone build- Aranimar
y^S ing,) with a house adjoining for y' use of y* Master, was * ^
founded by John Harrison, Mcrcb' Taylour in Lond.[on,] who,
by his WiU left 55' p.[er] an.[num,] viz. SO" to a Master, 2tf to
an Usher, and 5' for repairs. Ever since y" Fire of Lond, [on in]
1666, the 20' to y* Usher hath been withdrawn by y" Merch' Tayl.
[ors'] Conip.[any,] (who are Governonrs of ye School, pay y" Sal.
[ary,] and name y* Master,) Some of y* Houses on V^ y* Stip.
[end] was settled being burnt : But about 19 years hence, 'tis said
the money will come in again, and an Usher be fixed.

3^L eft by John Lurting and Ja" Hice, 5' each. Cfjirititi.

1^ An. [no] 1629, a Book of y* Town Stock of Crosby, and of
y rent for y" same. MS. Hulm, 98, .i. 16, 53.

j 3i.i!r®li.' Kect.[ory,] about -iOQi p.[er] an.[num.] K na.w.wi

Vic.[arage,] about 100' p.[er] an. [num.] ^"*''o'i3''l

Patron of y« Kectory, L'' Cardigan, who purchased y" ^- "jS- g

I Ad^awsou of L'' Molineux, for L'' Mol.[ineux]'' life, p-JWi

who IS only Tenant for life himself. The Rectour names y" Vicar, ^J" ig

Pa^Fiuii »

Ptp. H,

' Dedicated to St, Murj. VuIul- in 188-1, £294. Hegirtera begin in 1686. n^v^'^ta

In the tirau of Edward tlic Confoseor, Winostan held Waletone, and soon after tho [p, s! in. it]
Conquest, WiUiam, Earl of Warren, gaTe to Walter, graniUathcT of Hani^, son of
Gilbert dt- Waleton, fourteen boTUes of land lying in Wnloton, WnTcrtree, and
Ncuiom.

In the fifWnlh ronturr, the Manor was held, in portioni, by the descendants of thu
ori^naJ gmntee, and one third of it wtui i^nvcved in marriage br Helen, daughter
and heiri.i.B of Robi-rt Wallon. in the rci)(n of Henry IV, lo Kobert Fniakotlev of
Faiakerl.-Y ■, .iiid *ii» purchased from the fatnilj- of his d.-gcmdanl, the Inte Colonel

222 jS'Otitia Ctmimnm.

and y® Vicar should name y« Curates of y« 8ev.[eral] Chappells,
(as appears by Ordinatio Vicariae,) but the ancient profits being
ceased^ they are now Nominated and paid by y« Rectour.

Fazakerley, by James, Lord Strange, and now belongs to the Earl of Derby. The
other two thirds were conveyed, in moieties, by Margaret, elder daughter and
co-heiress of Roger Walton, to William Chorley of Chorley Esq. whose son and heir,
William, was born in the year 1478. This portion of the Manor was sold by a
Decree of Chancery, after the Rebellion of 1715, in which Richard Chorley Esq. had
been implicated, to Abraham Crompton of Derby Gteni. who devised it to his younger
son, Abraham Crompton of Chorley Hall, whose descendant, Abraham Crompton,
died at Skcrton, in the year 1822, having alienated most of the Walton property of
his family. Elizabeth, the younger daughter and coheiress of Roger Walton, married
Richard Cross of Cross Hall, and conveyed Walton Hall and the other third portion
of the Manor to him. Blanche, daughter and heiress of Richard Cross Esq. married
Roger Breares of Walton Gteni. in the sixteenth century, whose descendants, Roger
Breares and Laurence, his sons, sold Walton Hall and the third of the Manor, in the
year 1746, to J. Atherton Esq. from whose grandson, John Joseph Atherton, they
were purchased by Thomas Leyland Esq. who dying in the year 1827, was succeeded
by his nephew, Richard Bullen Leyland of Walton Hall Esq.

There was a Church at Walton at the Domesday Survey, and the Tithes of Everton
and Walton, granted by Roger de Poictou to the Abbey of Sees, were confirmed by
King John. Soon afterwards W. Prior of Lancaster, compounded with Stephen de
Walton, Lord of the Manor, for the Tithes. In the year 1291, the Living was
valued at £44, and was the largest in the Deanery of Warrington, being almost twice
the amount of Winwick.

The Vicarage was ordained in the 20th Edward II. 1326, by Letters Patent, the
King confirming the grant of the Church to the Abbey of St. Peter at Shrewsbuiy.
The Advowson appears to have been purchased of that Abbey by Sir Thomas MoU-
neux Knt. in the year 1470, and his son Edward, was the Rector in the time of Henry
VII. (omitted in Raines's Catalogue of the B^ctors of Walton^ From this period
the Advowson was vested in the Molyneux family, but the right of presentation was
frequently sold, probably owing to the family in the latter part of the seventeenth
century being Roman Catholics ; and Richard, fifth Viscount Molyneux. in the early
part of the last century, alienated the Advowson to his brother-in-law, Ghorge, Earl
of Cardigan. It was purchased in the year 1747 by Sir William Heathcote Bart, and
was sold by his representative in the year 1810, to John Leigh of Sandhills, near
Bootle Esq. who died in the year 1830, and is now vested in J. S. Leigh Esq.

In the year 1548 two Chantries, dedicated to St. John and St. Trinity, were dis-
solved in this Church.

In the year 1650 Walton-oum-Fazakerley was styled an ancient Parish Church.
The Parsonagc-houfiie and lands were worth £4. 2s. 4d. ; the Tithes of the Township

Scaners of SSSarrtngton. 233

[The] Vicar sets the Tyths of Evcrton for 30' p.[cr] an.[iium ;]
[the] Tyths of Linam, for 10' p. [er] an. [aum; and the] Easter
dues for 35' P-[er] an.[nuni;] Lauds in West Derby, given by
one Stones, Clerk of Walton, for 11' p.[er] an. [num. The]
Surp.Qice] Dues are about 9' p.[er] an. [num.] Besides w^'' [the]
Vicar has y" herbage of y* Churchyard, [and] a Vicarage-house
and Garden. Vic.[arys Ace'- &i\.[ro] 1724.

These Lands (g;iven by Stones) were left in Mr. Marsden's time,^
on condition y' 3 Vicara sh*" successively build a bay of building
each, upon y" premises, for a Bam, if he coutinued "Viear 2 years.

[The] Tyth-fruit in Kirkby and Simondswood, worth Z'-IO"
p.[er] an.[nuni, is] s^ to belong to [the] Vicar, by Mr. Green of
Levcrpool.

Ordiuatio Vicariffi dc Walton per Epum Cov. et Litchf. an. [no]
1326. V,[idc] Reff.[i»i&-] B.[ook,] 4. When this Ordiuat. [ion]
was made, the Patronage of y" Kcct.[ory] belonged to [the] Mon.
[astcry] of St. Peter's, Salop; v.[ide] Ordin. [atio,] in whom it
continued till an. [no] 1470, w" an ancestour of y* pres' L'' Moli-
neux purchased it of y^ Mon. [astery.]

WLie worth £65. 12b. 4d. a j-ear ; uid the Tithe* of KirkdRlc, £26. tOe. ; in the poa-
«eBaioTi of Mr. WiUiiun Word, a godly ablo Minister. There was abo one bouio,
colled the Vioarago, with B ynrd, orchard and gardeti, worth 30; . n ynir, then in thu
poHOsBion of Mr. Herillu Kitye, the Vicar, who wax godly, but Appsn>ntly not a
preacbing Minuter. He was indnetcd b ihe year 1621 to the Vicarage, and not dia-
Inrbed, — whicb, I fear, »bjb little for his consistenuy. He reMivod £16. 16*. a year,
from Ihc imoll Titheg of ErcrtoD; and 309. from Kirkdole. Bwtor uud Vicar,
arcadei umbo, both had learnt tho beneficial art of coneiliating the Lsy Prelates of
the timeif, and rejoiced to bo allowed to work in chains, whilst poor Dr. Andrew
Clare, who had feorlesaly done his duly aa Hector, from tho year 1639, wm depriFcd
of his LJTing, and had to endure a great deal of litupcraljon and cruelty bom his ^r*
Kcuton, having been sequestered by the Parliament in the year 1644. He wad
Ohapbiu to Charles I. and a Tcry learned man. — Sm Walker's Sufferiogi of the
Clergy, p. 2S0 ; who erroiieoualy states that Nerillo Kays, the Vicar, died in the year
1616. Ho auficml some hard usage from the aoldiery. ^Appendix, p. 419.

' The Rev, Thomas Maraden M.A. Vicar of Walton, died in tho yenr 1720. Ho
married Eliisbctb, daughter of John CunlilTe of Hollini Oent. {who die<l aged ninety*
throe,] and hia accond wife, Mary, da«ght«r of lUlph Chetbam of Turton Tower
Gent.

224 fijOUtU CtntKitMiB.

An Order [was made] by y« Bp y* y« Rectour and his Sucoes-
sours shall allow Mr. Marsdeu y« Vicar, during y* Incumbency,
80^ p.[er] an. [num.] This was made by virtue of a power lodged
in y« Bp, by [the] Ordinat.[io] Vicar, [iae.] an. [no] 1671. R^.
[ister] B. [oo*,] 3, p. 63.

This Order the Rect. [or] promises to obey, under his hand. lb.

An. [no] 1715, the Proportion of Duty to be performed by [the]
Rect. [or] and [the] Vicar settled accord, [ing] to a former Agree-
ment, v.[ide] Reg, {ister, "] 4, w**» Dr. Pearson, Chanc.[ellor] of
York^s Opinion upon y* Case.

An. [no] 1506, [the] Rect. [or was] presented by Dudley,* in
Right of W. Molineux Esq. Inst, [ittUion] B, [ooA:,] 1, p. 3.

An.[no] 1543, S' Will.[iam] Molineux presented in his own
Right. /*. p. 18.
CotDtuT. 8. Walton, Formby, Derby, Karkby, Fazakerly, Bootle, Kirkdale,
[and] Everton.

1 Warden. 1 Assistant.
)»Allir. 2. Croxteth,* (L^ Molineux ;) Bank Hall,« (S' Cleve More.)

' On May 12th 1506 Bichard Dudley was instituted to the Living, (on the cession
of James Stanley, the Bector, consecrated Bishop of Ely, this year,) on the presen-
tation of Edmund Dudley, by permission of the Crown, in right of William, after-
wards Sir William Molineux. He died in the year 1548.

^ Croxteth Park was granted by Henry YI. in the year 1446, by Letters Patent, to
Sir Bichard Molyneux, and his heirs, and has been ever since the principal seat of the
fiunily. The south front of the Hall was rebuilt in the year 1702, of brick, with or-
namental stone dressings, and a terrace is ascended by a broad flight of steps. The
back of the house, formerly of timber and plaster, was rebuilt with brick, in the year
1805. The present noble owner is Charles William, tenth Viscount Molyneux, and
third Earl of Sefbon.

' Bank Hall was originally the residence of the family of De la More, who, about
the year 1280, were seated at More Hall near Liverpool, and in the same century
built Bank Hall, which was surrounded by a moat. The entrance Hall was open to
the roof. The house was demolished about the year 1772. Of this family was Sir
Peter de la More, Speaker of the House of Commons in the reign of Edward IIL ;
William de la More, who fought at the battle of Poictiers ; and Edward More, created
a Baronet in thQ year 1675, and whose son and heir was Sir Cleave More M.P. who
died the 23d of March 1729-30. On the death of his great-grandson, Sir William

Dcaittri) of SClarrmglon. 225

^S^ 5 whom the School here waa Founded is not kwown; and ^t^aoi.
t*^^ wh. [ether] Free or not is uncertain. There is a tradition
3"* it waa built by an old Man and hia Wife, who sold Ale in y"
Town, and gave 300' for maint. [aining] of a Master, 50" of w'''
was lost about 60 years agoe: S' Vivian Molineux, to whom it
was lent, having died insolvent.^ [The] Land belong, [ing] to it ia
let for 5' p.[er] an.[num;] and there is ISC' - 10", upon Bond.
[The] Reet.[or] and [the] Vic.[ar] nominate y= Master. [The]
Writings were destroyed in the Rebellion. In 1613 Tho, [mas]
Harrison left ,€120, in 1630 Alex.fandcr] Molyneux gave £20,
and in 1690 Richard Whitfield .£10, to the Free School of Walton.
Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1719.

9^ ntnatO STarlrton left by Will in 1698, 501, the interest to be ajjnrliiei.

gH@ laid out in bread; Jo' a year to the Poor of Walton; and

45* to the Poor of Liverpool, In 1698, Tho. [mas] Fazakerley gave

Lands to the use of the Poor, for bread, &c. in West Derby.

Tho. [mas] Berry gave, in 1601, 108' a year, charged o

[uage] called the Red Cross, in the Parish of St. George in South-

wark, for bread to [be given to] the Poor of Walton and Bootle.

Uare, the Sftb Boronut, on the 81et of Mbj 1810, aged aatrmtj-ttiTOc, thu title ax-
{nred. — See Tit Moore Mental, edited bj lliomu Hejwood E*q.

*Sir Tivian Malyiivux itu the fuurth son of Sir Riohsnl Uolynoui, the first
BuODct, and brother of tho first Viscount, and was living in tho ytai 1666, He
died imm&med.

Antonj i Wood Btnte* that Sir Vieian wu ion o! Richard, Viscount MolyQPU
ton, and travelled into Bereral foreign couotricB ; waa at Roiui?, whco, (though Pun-
tauicoUj educated bf Samuel EadcUffo of BrasmoBe College,) b« changed bis religion,
returned a wcU-bred nan, was knighted, and in the grand Rebellion aulTered for the
Rojal came. Ho translated s Spanish book into Englieb, in the jear 16T2. — Fatti
OxoH. Tol i. p, 813. Samuel Eadoliffe waa no Puritan i and though Sir Vivian be-
came a wcU-bred man at Rome, he would not have done amiss to hare sedulou*];
coltiratod the good morals of Oiford, which, from the tcit, ho appear* to hare
groiiljr Tiohited. He was probably a man, like Canning's "patriot of all ci
but his own."

jlotitiA CratvimBifi.

I. iSflj iSaiay'— West Dekby. Certif. [ied]

M §08*31 -02' -08'', viz. paid by [the] Rcct.

w [or] of Walton, 20' ■ 16»; from [the] Duchy Court, 31 - & . Sii;

[rent of] House and Ground, 4'; Contrib. [utions] from [the]

Iiihab.[itanta,] 15'.

An. [no] 1719, leave [was] given to build an Out Isle on each
side of y« Chappeli. V.[idej Reff.[iater] B.[ook,] 4.
1 Warden.

■ ^^^ ^^ '^ ^ School, Free to y" Town ; when it had its beginning
^1^ is not known; (but in 1667 Ann Dwerrifaouse surrendered
Ijaiids at the Manor Court of West Derby to the uae of the Free

' DeaicHted to St. Mvj. Talue in 1B34, £166, BegisteTi begin in 1696.

West Derbf, in the Saion era, tms probabl; tbo cspitul of the Hundred, and the
oaitlo erected liere in indicated hj the eile still kuown as Cadtle Uill In tbo 50th
Henry III. the Honor of Derby with all Ibe Manore and Lands, West Derbr,
Ererton, and Cro»bj, were bestowed upon Edmund, Earl of LanpMler, on the
attainder of Robert de Ferrers, eighth Earl of Derbj. Djmg in the 24th Edwaid
I. the Enrl of Lancaster was found to have held the Manor and Castle of West Derbj,
Iho Manor of LiTerpooI, and other posBeBsions. His son Thonms, Eari of Lancaster,
granted the Manor of West Derby juita Lererpoole, to Robert de Holland, which grant
was confirmed by Edward II. in the year 1310. A\'hen Henry (ic Bolingbroke, Duke
of Laneasler, became King, this Manor merged in the Crown, where it remaiDed nntil
it was sold in the year 1628, to Edward DitehDeld, and others, who, in the year 1639,
resoSd it to James, Lord Stanley and Strange. The Manor of Wcat Derby was pur-
chased hy Isaac Green Esq. of the Legays, who had bought it of the Derby family,
and ban descended through the Gascoignes, to the MarquesB of Salifihury, the prwent
nohle owner.

The Chapel was probably bnilt anterior to the Reformation. In the year 1660 it
was styled "an antient Chapel," and three miles from any other Church or Chapel.
The Tllhes were then worth £140 per annum, of which two parts were paid to Mr.
Ward, the Minister of Walton ; and the third part to Mr. Northeott, "a godly Uin'
who supplyes Derby Chapell." It wae recommended as fit to be made a Parish
Church, and also that it would be conrenient to hare a Church built near Present
Lane in West Derby, the inhabitants being two miles bom any Church. — Part. Ittq.
Lamb. ]USS. voL ii.

The Chape! was repaired about the year 1680, and rebuilt in the year 1792. The
Rentor of Walton is the Patron.

Oranrrf of ZSUrrinston. 237

School.) [The] Gifts and Legacyea of Bev.[eral] Inhab. [itants]
amount to 8' p.[er] an. [n«m,] W^ is charged upon Lands and
House; and y" Sal, [ary] of y* Master is made up by Contrib.
[utions] from [the] Inhabitants, 20' p.[er] an.[num,] and they
name y" Master.

^SS^ nn ISbinrriltOUlic left by Will in 1672, 12 penny loaves to C^Krititt.
^S 12 poor peraous, every Sunday, Ja' Woods in 1678 left
4 penny loaves to the Poor, and 2' to the School, every Sunday.
Andrew Mercer, in 1689, left 3' a year, [to be given] in bread,
every Suuday. Tho.[mas] Aspe, in 1698, gave lands to bind out
apprentice a poor child, yearly. Eleanor Gleast, in 1699, gave 40*
a year, and some Land in Page Moss, for the same.

;jyb:g ©tt^BY," Certif.[ied] 23' ■04' -00^, " '^

^b, viz. 201 paid by [the] Rect.[or] of p^^"\
Walton; Surp.[lice] fees, 3"- 4^. F^~~ li

8 m.[Ues] from Walton. S£^ I

■ Pilron Saint unkDoiTD. Value in lB34i, £124. Eegioten begin in 1711.

Thoma* de Fomcby, and Aliaoora, liie wife, were IJTing in the jr*i 137S, and
■eiied at a moietj of the Manor, which ha* defended to juhti Formby Esq. Tho
other moiety wbb giTeu in the Tcar 12<J6, £6lh Edward I. bj Simon de Walton to
Nioholaa de Btundcll and descended to hia Utc repreiteiitati*e, Charltw Robert Blun-
dell of lace Bliuidell Eaq.

In the «Jth Eliiabeth, Boberl Halaall. Vicar of Walton, bequealhwl, bj Will, lo
the Qiapeli of Fonnbf , Derbj, and Kirkbjr, ri' liii' each ; and lo the Parish Chucch
of Walton, il' " and a Coafer." — Late. MSS. toL \at.

In the year 1650 Fonnb; Chapel wu dacntted as aiicieiil and Parochial -, and the
Tithe*, being £70 a jear, and * Cottage worth IZd. a j-™r, wfre nceired b; Mr. John
Walton, who is said to be koneit, godly, and proGtable to the asid Township He
paid £10 a yew out of his iDcome to the wifc of Dr. Clare, according to an order of
"the Honournble ConunittM of Plandered Miniiten." The Chapel waa laid to be
eight mile* from the Mother Church, and ought to be made a diitinel Parish of
itttlf . ~~ Lamh. MSB. ToL U.

In the JOT 1706 the Eci. Ilmolby EUi»on, the iDCumbesl, sUtod that FormhT
Chapel *a* (biut^d before the BcfonnMion, but by whom he could not learn, although

228

fi^otitia et»ttWMif^

9tM.

Ad[^ooI.

CfiAtits.

2 Wardens.
Formby Hall.«

tXt is a School^ built long agoe at y* expense of y^ Chap-
pelry; but no Sal.[ary] belonged to it till about 12 years
since^ when Bich.[ard] Marsh of London^ left 300^ [£400] for
two Masters, (by Will dated 9th Sep. 1703, he left £300 to the
upper, and £100 to the under Master,) w^ w^^ money an Estate
was Bought, (in 1709, by Bichard Formby Esq. and others,) [and
is] now let for 21i-10"-00^ P-[er] an.[num.] The Masters are
nominated by 7 Trustees. [The] Writings [are] in y« hands of
Mr. Ashurst. Certif.[ied], an. [no] 1718.

ici^.[arfi] fiiaVfi% (who endowed the School,) left 50^ to y«
Poor, for w<* y« Corp. [oration] of Leverpool have Given
Security, and pay 3^ p.[er] an. [num.]

it was FarochiaL Tlie Tithes were paid to Mr. Bichard Richmond, the Rector of
Walton, and amounted to about £90 a year, out of which £20 a year was allowed to
the Minister of Formby ; and Mr. Thomas Masdin, [Marsden] the Vicar of Walton,
allowed him also half the Easter Dues, amounting to about £3 per annum ; the Rec-
tor and Vicar having the Donation of the ChapoL — Notitia Paroch. Lamb. Libr,
Tol. Ti. p. 1537.

A Brief was obtained in the year 1742, and £1,154 haying been raised, the site was
changed, and the Chapel rebuilt in the year 1746. It was again enlarged in the year
1830. The Rector of Walton is the Patron.

' Formby Hall is an ancient stone mansion with plaster cast wings, built in the
fifteenth century, and passed on the death of the Rer. Richard Formby L.L.B. in the
year 1832, (Founder of Holy Trinity Church, Liverpool, in the year 1792,) to his
eldest son, John Formby Esq. but is now occupied by Miss Formby. The Rer. R.
Formby, married Anne, sole child and heiress of Henry Lonsdale of Field House near

Bury Esq. and his wife widow of Mr. Joshua Wareing of Bury (by whom she

had a daughter, Elizabeth Wareing, who married the Rer. Robert Hankinson Rough-
sedge M.A. one of the Rectors of Liverpool.)

JSranciit of Partington.

Wgl KBUBS,' Certif.[ied] 24i ■ OO ■ OOJ, tfliap.^ar.

BKaTviz. paid by [the] Eect.[or] of Wal- Cntonrf. I.

ton, aZ'-lO-OO^; by [the] ancient Inhab.[itants] of Symond's ''"" \^

Wood,' 8"; [a] parceU of Laud, let for 18''', (ded.[uct] S-^ chief ^J*'^ ^
rent;) Chap. [el]-yard, l'-8''; Garden-spot, let for 3'; Surp.[lice] ^""^
fees very small ; Contrib. [ution] from y" Town-Stock, S'lO-.OO".
No dwelling-house bnt an old Bay of Building, never inhabited,
in w*"* a School is kept for Children. 40 years agoe the Curate
received Q'- 10» out of y* Town's Stock, w^i" baa been lately aug-
mented; but [the] payment to [the] Curate for 27 years past is
Lesse than formerly. Certif.[ied] by [the] Curate, an.[no] 1719.

KS School-house but an old building belong, [ing] to [the] ^t^aah
£jHS Curate. [The] Master teaches to read and write, and has
4" ■ lO out of Lands purchased in Billing, besides 50 int. [erest] of
money given by one Sandford, and 50" p.[er] an.[num] by Mrs.
Fazakerley. Certif.[ied] an.[uo] 1722.

' Dedicated to St. Chad. Vdue in 1831, £dS. Begisten b^in io 1679.

Boger Otnict, the kiuimui at Wariu Bowel of Fenvorthno, ■ SortoMa chicf^ tnd
two otben, Lcld lbs fifth put of ■ Knighl'a br, in KjAebj. Adam it Motjtatt,
iMrd at Seflon, son of ViiiBD de Moljrnca, io tbe rdgn of WiOiasi IL muried
Anoota, dangblfr and bam of Bcnedk*, ton of Soger Gcrnet, and obtuwd llu
Hanor, wlucb baa Tawaaei ouBtamplallj in the luible fanuljr of Holfaeai of
BeftoD erCT nn^a.

Tbe Chapd ma in editnoe at tkr lUbwrn M ioa. It waa ntaulr hj a Brief dated
Oe &tk of Matdi 1706. The Vmam m J. & Ldgb Ek]. Tbe Ol Font ia ni;
n, B^ aaBi ii allj tarp fat ioaaanaoB. Ila haae ■ deconUd «)tb two

Adaa nd K*«v Md Ik Tnh* jlfoads.

-KirtT olB EAlT Tk.
liMit l^oK Ite. U KU. MwL A^ U37.
Ofca. ^MfaJ ■■ »«>■— pMwrfa ttftiltrf ^ Tit. '.
lUa Eifli; > bR HMI.

In the T«ar l«EO EmUj >
aUrnik>6«aihe Motkr Check
B nufcard, a Cla^^wd, md a Mad e
I>i. 4d. per eMM. TV TMW «f Aa aM T««^Wp nM nlMi •( AS, Mil pw

230 Jlolitta Cratrtrnftiia.

HOltn to [the] Poor 9Gf, by 8ev.[eral] persona; Iff p.[er]
an.[num,] now called a Town's Stock, to be disposed of at
y discretion of y* Trustees; G'-IC p.[er] an.[nuni,] in Land, to
bind out poor Children in Kirkby and Derby.

«. ^.^..^ iM^M^ fl«»IM«52reK' Certif.[ied] 61i-18'-03^ viz. 20",
Pr.A^o^^s. 1 |b|rE P^^** '•y t*;*'^] Iinprop.[riator;] I'.-f, rent of a field
^"lolsia HIkkE giv^ii '^y ^^^- Bams; Small dues, at 4^ a house;

fboi res ^MeSH heath ground, [at] 1' per acre ; some other ground, at

[^! Fitn. m 4^ per acre ; w'^ otlier small Tyths, Easter Offerings, and Surp.

Diu.'pW.'si [lice] Pees, 45'-14"03'^. (Ded.[uct] 5' charge for collecting y™.)

*"■ «nnuin, of which the Minuter had rccciTed afU-r the rate of £-H. 6», 8d. per onuuni ;

Air. KajD, the Vicu of WbKod, bad r«o«ived 23s. 4<1. ; and Urs. CIuv, wife of
Dr. Clare, fonncrlj Rector of Walton, and a dflinquent, had had tlie residue allowed
for her fifth part. Mr. PirkoTiiig, the lalfl Miniiter, for eome reaion not aesigned,
hod Icil bii Cure there, and the pUve wu then vtu.'sni. The Chapolr; was rocom*
mended to be made a Pariah. — Par/. Iiq. Lamb. MSS. vol. ii.

' Simonawood waa a Foreat, aud cncloaed after the coroastion of Uenrj II. In
the jcar 1227 it vat slated to be an appurtenance of Kirkb; belonging to the hein of

Richard Fiti Hoger. The heiress of Fiti Hoger married Qernet, from whom

Simonnwood came to tho family of Motjneui. The origin of this pajment, which
appears to be of gome antiquity, is unknown.

' Formerly dediait«l to 9t. Elfin, now to St. Hohin. Value in 1834, £ . B<«U-
ters begin May 1581 ; defet-tive from October 1595 to July 1599.

Shortly after the Gonquenl, Roger de Poiclou statioucd bis own Barou, Paguiua de
Villien, at Warrington, to command the itnpurtatit passage of Latchford. AlmrriF
Pinoeraa, >od of William Pincema, who difd about the your 1233, acquired the
Barony of Warrington in marriage with Bealriee, danghter and coheiress of Mattbmr
de Villiere, sou of Paganus do Viltiera, and was progenitor of the Bullers of WbT'
rlDgton. Sir William Bolyler, son and heir of Ahncrie, obtained a Charter for a
Fair on Si. James's Day, within his Manor of Warrington in the year 1254; and
was Sheriff of Lancashire, and Governor of Lancaster Castle, in the year 1258. The
Manor was held by his immediate descendants until it was sold by Edward Butler
Esq. <son of Sir Thomas Bntler.) who died s.p. about the year 1686. The purchaser
was Hobert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who, by bis Will dated Ibe 1st of August 15B7,
empowered bis Eiecutor to sell all bis lands in Lancashire, late belonging to Sir
Thomas Butler, and Edward, his son, for the benefit of Sir Robert Dudley, bis base

Btmns of SItsrrington. 231

Patron, and lniprop.[riator, the] Lord of Bewsey, Mr. Atlierton.

An. [no] 34 H.[enry] 8, the Impropriation was granted for 200
years; W*" term expires an. [no] 1742.

Patron, (an. [no] Edw,[ard] 6, 3'") of ye Church of Weryngton,
S' Thomas Butler. IngUt.[ution] B.[ook,] 1, p. 45.

Bon. The Uaaor of Warruiglon, and its apporteruuices, trru the joint purchftHC of
Riabsrd Bold of Bold E»q. sud Sir 'flioiuss IrpUnd, aflero-ords of Spsiu?, Knt.; and
iho MBDor wM confirmed to the Utter by the Queen, in the jew 1699. In the jeax
1631 it WM sold bj ThomaB Ireland of Senus; Esq. to William Booth Ecq. son and
heir at Sir George Booth, aflorwariU Lord Detainer, and in the jear 1736 wae trana-
ferred bj Mar;, daughter nod heircwi of George, Bccond Earl of Warrington, to her
hu«band, the Right lion. llar>7 Ore_r, fourth Earl of Btamford, bj whom it was con-
leyed b; sale, about the jear ITtSB, bi John Blarkbume Esc), the maternal drscendant
or the Irelanda of Beaufj. It is now *eetc<l in his greot-grandioa, Jobn Ireland
Blaekburnc Esq. late M.P, for the Borough of Warrington.

A Churcb pxiated here at the Normao Surrey ; and hy a deed, without date, Mat-
thew de Villiers, and his brothers, granted to the Priorj and CanoDi of Thurgarton,
in the connt; of Nottbgham, all the land of Lund, the serriee of Ralph de Sanchi,
and the Church of Warrington. This donation waa confirmod bj Sir Williani
Boleler, who names his wife, Dionjsiit. and Matthew de Tillieni, bis grandlather.
He was, therefore, the son of Almorio Pinoema, and is mentioned in the Butler Pedi-
gree as a ward of the Earl of Fcrreri!, in the year 1234. The Church of Weriaton
was Talued at £13. 6s. Sd. in the jear 1391. On the lOtb Ealendi of July 13S7, John
le BntUr of Warrington preaonled, and Roger, BiBbap of Coientry and Lichfield,
iiiititul«l John de Swjnlegh to the " Vicalago" of Warrington i which ho rcaigncd
before the 6th of July 135S.— Lib. 2 fol. 134 A. in Cur. Litkf. The Adrowson WM
•old, with the Manor, by Edward Butler Esq. to Thomu, afWwirda Sir Thomas
IreUod of Beausj, whose grand-daughter, Margaret, solo heireai of Thomas Irchuiil
of Grey's Inn Esq, married Sir Gilbert Ireland of Hutt nnd Hale Knt. but dying ■
widow, a.p. in the year 1675, she derised this Adrowson and her large Entitea to her
oonrin, Richard Atherton, toa and heir of John Atherton E>q. and hii wife, Eleanor,
liater of the aboro named Thomas IreUnd. In 17!>7, Henrietta Maria, daughter and
cobeiteis of Robert Vernon Atherton Esq. couTejed the Advowson, and a portion
of the Estates, to her husband, Tliomu, »ecoDd Baron Lilford, and they are now
•»led in lier ion, the Bight Hon. Thomas Atherton Powys, Lonl Lilfurd.

The Church is a handsome cruciform tlructure, with a tower rising ttom thu inl«r-
■ections of the tranjepta. It is said lo hare bepo rebuilt in the reign of WlUiani III.
The Chancel, of the decorated era, is one of Ihe finest of that style in the County.
"Ha Crypt beneath the Chancel, ii an interesting relic. There arv two Chapels within
tb« Church ; one founded by the Sullen, and caUad " Butler's Chantry," in thu yew
1E4B, and afterwards "tbe Bevtey Cbapel." eonlaining the splendidly doeoraled tomh
ofBir TfaoDiaaBntUr, who died in ihe jnr lfi22, and of Marganfl, hit wifr, daughter

232 floiitui erstticiinia.

An.[uo] 1684, lO p.[er] an.[iium,] for a Sermon upon [the]
Diatrib, [ution] of SO" p.[er] an.[inim] to [the] Poor, given by
Jos') Bams.

The Parish is divided into 4 Quarters. The 3 Churchward.
[ens] who serve for Warrington Quarter are, by Ancient custom,

of JohnDelTMoFDoddiiigtonin the count j of Cheslur. In the jrarlSlO, whm Randls
Holme visited tho Church, there woa " in the ChamiceU a fairo marble stone inl^vd
vith brasae, and pillcrs and lurretts, and in braiee therein a man w" ■ cunoos Cote,
embrauthuvd, prajingo, and standing at liii fceto Detues Cote, and nritt under — 'Of
jour charity pray for tlie soulo of Mr. Richard Delm», Canon in the Cathedral
Church of Lichfeild, and parson of this church of Warrington ; djed the 2S of Non-
erober in the jeare of our Lord Oud 1527.' " Hia name does not occur in Bunes's
Catalogue of the Seciort. Holroo also recorded that in the nest wiudov of Butlt-r'a
Chapel ia written — "OrBto p Anima Tho. Butler, mHilia, et p'sp'o stata Margreto
Butler, Vidue, ac Tho. Uuth;r, ar. ac omnium QUor' dicti Uargrete, qua Margreta
hauc (eneaCram fieri fceit An" D'ni M.c.c.c.o.c.ulii."

It appears probable that at the time tho window was made nearly all the indivi-
duals mentioned nere liring. Sir Thomaa Butler died in the year 152Z; hia aoo,
Thomaa Butler Esq. (afterwards Knighted,) died in the year 1560) and Margaret,
the ?rJdow, altenrarda married Richard Butler of RawcUOe Esq. The daaghtet*,
eight in number, wom married into the best families in Lancashire and Cheshire. —
Lam:. Fed. vol. lii.

The other Chapel in this Church was founded by tho Masseys of Riiton, Bad wm
formerly callud "the Biiton Chapol," and oilerwarda "Massey'i Chapel" In the year
I640 Raudlo Holme noticed here " an Bunttent monument of a man in armour, lyinga
vndcr an arch in the wall, and reported to bo a Massy." Thu Riiton Estate pauad
with Katherioe, daughter and heiress of Alan Riiton of Riilon, in the 16th year of
Edward IIL to Sir Uamon Mascy, second son of Hugh Masey of TattoD in tiie oonn^
of Chester, and tho mate line failed in the year 1760, on the doath of Francia Maaae^
Esq. one of whose daiighlcrs and coheiresses married Dr. Whitham, by whom this
Chapel WBi sold to Thomas Patten of Bank Esq. The Chapel ia now called " ths
Patlun Chapel," and ia the properly of John Wilson Patleu Esq. U.P. A third
Chantry existed in the Church at the Dissolution.

The Font in this Church was the gift of two Stone-masons of the Parish.

In Lbe year 1660 Warrington was returned as having a mansion-house, barn, and
garden, one half in the possession of Mr. Robert Yates, Minister of Warrington
Church, and worth 30s. a year ; the other half in tho possession of M>. Peter Harriaon.
under a Lease from Mr. Thomas Jrehuid, deceased, and worth SOi. a year. The whole
Tithes were worth £161. la. 8d. " The aaid Yates came in by the gift and presentation
of Qilbert Ireland, Esq. Patron, and also by the &oc eL>ction of the Congregation-
Mr. Yatea is a man of a good life, howbeit he doth diasmt from, and not submit to
the present Qoremment, and did neglect to observe ftnd keop the days of HumiliBUon

1

23rantrD of idamngton. 233

named by L'' WamngtoHj and Mr. Legh of Lime ; each names
one. The 3 W* serve for y other Quarters are chosen by house-
row. 4 Assistants.

These 4 Quarters contain 8 TownsliP'. Q.[uarler] 1, [the] CalniU.
TownP of Warrington. Q.[uarter] 2, Burtonwood. Q.[uarter] 3,
Biiton and Glasebrook, Q.[uartcr] 4, Woolston, Poulton, Mar-
tinscroft, and Feamhead.

•nd ThuJugiTiog cnjDjned bj the present Parliameul." lie received £20 per Minuni
from the said Mr. Ireland ; and Titlio Corn in Wwrington libertiw, and B Tithe bam
belonging to George Booth of Dunhttm Massej Eeq. which are couceiTed to be worth
£60 per annum ; and lomc small Tithe worth 20<. per annum. Tithe Hbj, worth
£3 per aDtiuin, wa* received bj Gilbert Ireland Esq. — i\<ri. Inq. MSS. I^mb. Libr.
This refractory Uiniiter wu su atronglj opposed to the EDgagement that ho wu
tried for his life at Laniautcr for speaking against it, and prepared hia dying apeeob,
fbUy expecting that bo should be capitally conricted and eiecuted. — Calamy, toL ii.
p. 380. And ;et on the »th of September 1650, OUfcr Cromwell, (and he was no
bjpocrit*,) writing to the OoTcmor of Edinburgh Castle, said, "the Uiuisten in
England are supported, and hnro lilwrty to preach the OospeL .... No man
hath been troubled in England, or Ireland, for preauhing the GospeL" — Merle
D'Aubigne'a Protestor, p. 184.

In the rear 1705 the Rer. Samuel Shaw, the Rector, stated that the Tithes were >U
iinproprUted, and were then in the possession of the Karl of Warrington, John
Athertou of Beausy Esq. and the Hospital at Warwick, no part of them belonging ia
the Church. At the making of Ihc impropriation it was agreed that £20 a year
should be paid to the Incumbent, which be received from Mr. Atherton, the Pat:

24i. a jesr was given to the Church, h; Unsworth, [in the text, Mr. Banu.]

"The Valor of the Living is Cwo yean' proilU, and I paid the £10." — NaliHa Paroeh.
lamt-Liir:

SamnsI Shaw was innituted to the Rectoij of Warrington January 10th 1690-1,
OB the presentation of Jamee Holte Esq. U.A. of Castleton Hall, near Bochdale, the
Chuidkn and Uncle of John Atherton of Athertou Kaq. the Patron, then a minor.
Mr. ShMT died here in the year 1717, and appear* to have heqtteatlwd a Legacy to the
OLapd of HoDin&re. He was ^ipointed one of the King's Freaolun Cor IjuieMhiis,
and from a letter of bis to Bishop Stratford, dated October 27, 1898, appears ti
had someDontrol over Ihe appointment of the other Preacben. He says, "During the
laat half year, b; me, and othen for me, above 10 sermons hare been preached." He
had diiefi; preached at Hollinfare, two Sermons in each month, and states thai Hr.
HBnter Ibnnerly preached monthlj at Hollinftre, and Mr, BeQ did so before him. (8ae
Htljtan, p- 179.) The following accoimt of Janua the First's " Regnlalions" oflheaa
rilailms or Chaplains, first appointed bj Queen Elisabeth, may not be inappro-
prialoly given hcrv, in the words of the original, formerly in the possnsioo of Mr.
VOL. II.] II H

234 fi^UtUi Cefttrinusto.

[There are] 5 Wardens. 2 for Warrington; [and] 3 for y*
other 3 Quarters.
AslU. Bewsey Hall,^ (Atherton;) Penketh,* (Atherton;) Bruch,* (Mr.

Legh of Lime ;) Bradley,^ (Mr. Legh of Lime ;) Rixton.^

AA*"*}""^ 2^^ j^e Free School here was Founded an. [no] 1526, by Tho. [mas]

^t^aa jl^g Butler Esq. accord, [ing] to y« Will of S' Tho. [mas] Butler

of Beusey, and Lands were purchased for y« endowment of it, w^

amount now (1718) to 60^ p. [er] an. [num.] The Master is to be a

Priest, in order to say Masse for his Scholars. He is named by y^

Shaw : " Bight Beverend Father in Gkxl and Trusty and well-beloTed, we greet you
welL Whereas out of our zeal to Qod^s Glory and care of the souls of many Thou-
sands of our Subjects within the County of Lancaster, (there being gpreat want of
maintenance for Preachers in most places of that Shire,) we have appointed £200 of
our firee Gift and during our Pleasure to be paid yearly to four Preachers, who are to
Preach in the several parts of that County among the Impropriations there, by the
appointment of the Bishop of the Diocese. We now understand that the said
Preachers, after they are admitted to those Places, do accept of other Benefices re-
mote from these. And namely James Martin, one of the said Preachers, hath now
lately accepted of the cure of the Town and Parish of Preston, and yet intended to
hold our said Pension contrary to our Ghracious Meaning in bestowing the same. We
have therefore thought it fit to let you know that our Pleasure is that henceforth
those Pensions be paid to none but such as do wholly and only attend those Impro-
priations for which we first conferred the same. And if any of those four Preachen
now have or hereafter shall haye any Benefice with cure of souls (unless it be some
Yicarage lying among those Impropriations where he is appointed to Preach) that
you then presently nominate and assign some other sufficient and conformable
Minister to this Pension. And our Pleasure is that you our Beoeiyer of our said
County, or any other our officers whom it may concern, do make payment and allow-
ance thereof to such Preachers only as our said Bishop shall appoint. GKyen at
Westminster the 2d of June, 1621." — Lane. MSS. A Scotch King deploring the
spiritual destitution of many thousands of his subjects, and acknowledging the great
poverty of the Church, brings forward a notable project, and assigns £200 a year
amongst four Preachers to meet the appslling want ! It is said that there are, at the
present time, six millions of Englishmen altogether destitute of religious teaching,
and the plans suggested to remedy the evil are precisely in the spirit of this wise
Monarch.

Warrington, eminent for its Charities and the number of its valuable Institutions,
has had the honour of giving name to a Society, patronized by the Diocesans of
Chester and Manchester, which appears to have originated in the benevolent minds of

Qranrrs of iESlarrtngton. 235

Lord of Beusey; but if not named in a month, then y* Reot.[or]
of Warrington puts in; and if he neglect a month longer to
appoint, then y Warden of Manchester has y" Nomiuation.
V.[idc] Found, [ation.] New Reg.

The Schoolmf to take of any Scholar learning Grammar, four
pennies in a year, viz. in the quarter after Xmas, a cock penny ;
and in the three other qiiartera, one potation penny ; and for the
Bame he should make a Drinking for all the Scholars in any of the
8^ three quarters. And every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday,
the Master and Scholars to go to the Parish Church, to sing and
join in the Service. And the Master sh'^ have a Common Seal
made, to be delivered from Master to Master.

BUhop Stratford and Archdfacon EEtwisle, in the jear 1697, hating for its pious ob-
ject the relief of the indigent Widows and Orphuis of mcritorioua Clergy mm who
bsTe ofBciatnl within the Archdencotirits of ChcBt«r, Mancbeater, and Lirerpool.
Thp Charity is principsUj eupport«d by aiiDual ■ubscriptians and <loiuilioDs, amount-
ing to abont £1,500 a year; and the relief ia judidoiul; diipcnied, in bdibI) grants, hj
a Commitlee, I be Diocese of Msnobester being the greatest recipient of its bounty and
the smallrat c»ntributor to ili funds. — See Eeporl for 1849.

* I bBTe not been able to dtscoTer whether this Joseph Barnes was of the same
fkioily as Bichard Barnes D.D. who was bora at Bold near Warrington, became Fel-
low of BTsaenose College in the jesr 1S52, was appointed Cbaneellor and Canon
Beddentiny of York in the year 1561, Bishop of Carlisle in the year 15T0, and in the
jtar 1575 Bishop of Dnrham, "and erer after a faTOurer of PuriMninn." He died
OD the 84th of Augnat 1687, aged fiAy-five. Ue onee snapended that spostolitnl man,
Bernard O^ilpin, through the false intbniution of Cbujcdlor Barnes, (his brother,)
but aflerwards restored him, and became bis friend. — See Life of Bernard Oilpia, by
the Rer. W. Gilpin, 8to. 1753.

* Bewsey Hall, sDrronnded by ■ moat, still maintained in tolnablr ptct iialiop, it
DOW * building partly of brick, bnl eredcid anterior to the mgn of Queen Elizabeth.
It was at an earl; era the seat of the Butlert, and Sir William Butler liied here in
the year 1401 ; and apon his widow the ttfrmat outnga ••■ eonunilted by William
Pool B«j. in t^ jev 1425, •lUuM to by lord Coke, 3 Inst. In the you- 1617,
Jamea L rinUd Tbonaa Itdand Eaq. at this pbee in hi* royal progreas from I^tbon
IlniUf. wad eanfcncd jqfim him iht boeo<D of ksigbthood. It is now the property
of Lord LJUbrd.

• Peakelk HaB it in the Panh of Pmeot, tboa^ a^anat to the Puith of War-
nngtoB.~See KMe 7, p. SM, PnacoT.

• BroiA or Binh Bin. Ihs oU Ifaaor How of Fooltoa-with-Panhead, pa saw!
with Joan, i—^er aad krima *4 Sa Oilbett Haydoefc. ia auorn^e (o Ba Peter Ufh

236 ^tttta eentriemuk

CfiAritint. 2^^ ^t Benefactions to y^ Poor are contained in 8ev.[eral] large
$^si Tables hnng up in y« Churchy w^^ are laid out in Land by
certain Trustees, and amount to 46^ p*[er] an. [num.]

There is likewise 15(y in money, [the] Int.[erest] of which is
given to y* Poor at y« discretion of y« Trustees.

Certif.[ied] an. [no] 1725, y* y« Estates in Land vested in Trus-
tees, for y« Education of Poor Children of y« Towns? of Warring-
ton, and binding y™ out Apprentices, was 48^ • 5" -00^ P«[cr] an.
[num;] and money at Interest, given by sev.[eral] persons for y«
use of [the] Poor, was 240*-15«-O*, besides 15^ not yet put out.

Out of y« Estate given to y« Poor, 5^ p.[er] an. [num] is paid to
y« Master of y« New School behind Trinity Chappell, for teaching
20 poor Boyes to read, write, or cast Accounts.

of Lyme Knt. who received his death wound on the field of Axinoourt, and died after-
wards at Paris, in the year 1422. This Manor was given by his descendant. Sir
Fet«r Legh of Lyme M.F. who died in the year 1636, to his fourth son, Peter, whose
son and successor. Piers Legh of Birch Esq. living in the year 1666, left issue an
only daughter and heiress, Frances, who married her kinsman, Peter Legh of Lyme
Esq. living in the year 1728, and thus conveyed again this Manor to the elder
branch of the fiunily. It has, however, been sold by the family, and waa bought
about the year 1825 by Thomas Parr of Warrington Esq. It is now a modem brick
house.

" Bradley Manor belonged to John de Heydock in the 8d Richard 11. 1979, and
Sir Gilbert Ilaydock, in the year 1344, obtained a License for firee warren in Bradde.
The Estate passed to Sir Peter Legh of Lyme in marriage with Joan, daughter and
heiress of Sir Gilbert Haydock, about the year 1412. In the time of Leland there
was a Park, which has now disappeared ; but two fields, caUod " the Parks," indicate
its former existence. The moat and gateway of the old hall, alone remain. The
building now called Bradley Hall, is a farm-house, the property of Thomas Legh of
Lyme Park Esq. L.L.D. and F.A.S.

7 Rixton Hall, the seat of a family of the same name in the time of King John,
whose heiress married in the early part of the fourteenth century. Sir Hamon Maacj,
whoso last male descendant died in the year 1760, leaving throe daughters and co-
heiresses, the eldest of whom married Stephen Tempest of Broughton in the county
of York Esq. ; the second married Dr. Whitham of the same county ; and the third
married Mr. Scroope. Dr. Wliitham sold the Hall to Thomas Patten of Bank Esq.
and it is now the property of John Wilson Patten Esq. — Baincs^s Hist, of Lane.

The Hall (which contained a Domestic Roman Catholic Chapel,) was formerly sur-
rounded by a moat, part of which still remains. This house was rebuilt in the
vcar 1822.

Btancrv of Otanrington. 337

|fig Zlil7@Xe8®@g.> Certif.[ied] F«n- to

fi^^ that nothing certain belongs to it, but Pip. fuh. i
4'-19'-00^, being Int.[erest] of money given. There is also due (F-s. Q-&3
2' -5', rent of House and Orchard during a Lease for Lives; and
12'-13'-4^ from [the] Inhab. [itants,] by contract, during y* life of
Mr. Shaw, the Bectour, who is since dead.

There was a piece of Land given by The. [mas] Bold an. [no]
1605, in Trust, for y« Building a Chappell thereon, to be called
Burton- Wood, for Divine Service and Teaching School, according
tothe WiUofTho.[mas] Derbyshire. V.[ide] Reff.[uter] B.[oo*,]
2, p. 285.

An, [no] 1627, [an] Inquis. [ition was held] conc.[eming] sev.
[eral] sums of money given tow.[ards] Founding a Chappell uear
3^" AVindebank in Burton-wood, and to y* maintenance thereof,
and tow. [arda] y* maintenance of a Minister and Schoolmaster.
MS. Huim. 98, a. 16, 50.

An. [no] 1674, 1 Ward, [en, and] 1 Assist, [ant.] An. [no] 1675,
1 Ward, [en and] 1 Assist, [ant,]

■ ^tron Sunt nuknown. Valne in ISM, £50. Kegitten b^in in 1666.

" Bumtwood bIbw BBttonwaod," Msording to Eetoa. It wu ongmaBj one of the
gTMt Imosliira fbrarta, but ww ncomnuDdai not to be dnfforeeted bj the tvehe
Enighlj of the rannty «ho penmbnbtal the fbrevU in the ytur 1227, 12(h Henr;
UL Here the Bntlm had the [oiTibge of getting timber (or tbeu- cartk, bnildiiigs,
uid toeL In the 3d Kichmrd II. 1379; Idtai Botkr h^ Imdi nd ■ miH in Bartoii-

Tfae Oiapd WM favBded bj Tbann* BoU ii< Bold Esq, bj Dnd dMsd the mil
of September 1606, I7 whkh Iw axftjtd B fkH of iMd, bUtf M{M*«d km Om
wiMe is BnrlogwDod, to IVntoM, whom be diraete "in mTfiwt IjMt to erMt »
OuippeU or hooM of pever ^on the aid Iwfa, wUrii 6vB hnecfarth ■hdl be (did
Barlonwood CbappcUr nd tbe Tna

tboiMf^ niAcieiiilie repsin oJ ofkaUB the mbk," Thej m ftirther directol te
Md diooee Inrinll and It p'lOB* lo icada Jj iMi Mrrioe Hid teacbe OnsBBW Sehole
It the Bud CliirppeD, nAis MawMWMt liaa lAcr Ibe we ■• cpectod," woHdi^ («

238 Aottfta eesrtriemto.

The Warden who serves for this Quarter is Church and Chap.
[el] Warden too.

4 m.[iles] from [the] Par.[ish] Ch.[urch,] and 2 m.[iles] from
any other Ch. [urch.]

t^ioaL ^^^ err is a School^ Free to [the] Inhab.[itant8^ and the] Sal.
i^^ [ary] of [the] Master 9^- 13«- 11**, viz. Int.[erest] of money
2i.98.9d. i^nt from house, Orchard, and small Field, during a
Lease for Lives, li.2«-6<*, during y« life of Mr. Shaw^ y« Ilect.[or,]
(since dead;) from [the] Lihab. [itants,) ©-I'-S**.

[The] Trustees for [the] Chap, [el] and School name y« Master.
Certif.[ied] an. [no] 1717. V.[ide] nom. [ination] of a Master,
an. [no] 1700. Pap. Reg.

An. [no] 1627, [an] Inquis.[ition was held] conc.[eming] sev.
[eral] sums of money giv.[en] tow.[ards the] maintenance of a
Schoolmaster. V.[ide] Chappell.

[The] Trustees for [the] Chap, [el] Stock pay y« Master one
third yearly. His whole Sal. [ary] now amounts to ab* 10^ P-[er]
an. [num.] Certif.[ied] an. [no] 1725.

pounds, to purchase land or a rent charge for the maintenance of a Minister or
Header. The Jurprs found that a Chapel had been built more than 20 jears, aooord-
ing to the Testator's intention, at the common charge of the Town, and that it
remained in the hands of the Trustees named in Mr. Bold's grant of the site. And
they also found that about £60 had been left in yarious sums for the use of the
Minister and Schoolmaster. — Harl. M88. 1722, fo. 49.

Burton wood Chapel in the jear 1650 was said to be **xerj uncouTenient for the
use of the Township, and ought to be set in the centre of the said Township for the
conveniencj of all the Inhabitants, and to be made a Parish, and parts of Prescott
annexed to it." There were sereral donations bj Tarious individuals for the mainten-
ance of a Minister, amounting to £8. 6s. 8d. the benefit of which being 13s. 4d. was
paid annually. The Tithes were held by Gilbert Ireland Esq. and were worth £50
per annum. " Mr. W'" Bagerley [Baguley] is the Min' and came in by the election
of all or most part of the Inhab**. We find him to be weake and not well qualified
to teach, and that he doth constantly make Marriages contrary to the Directory and
Rules appointed by order of Parliament. He hath, howerer, £40 out of Sequestra-
tions, by order of the Committee of the County." — Pari. Inq. Lamb. MSS. toL iL
He was doubtless an Episcopalian, and was soon removed by the Independents, who
brought in Mr. Samuel Mather, bom at Much Woolton, and the author of an Ireni'

Otaans of CEUrrington. 23U

"^t Ije Poor's Stock is 55', [the] Iiit.[ere8t] of w^"- is Distributed Cfiaritic*.
j^^ by o Trcstees.

Certif. [icd] aD.[uo] 1725, y' 1581 was collected at Different
times ; 2 thirds chiefly paid to y" Curate, and one to [tlie] School
Master, by Trustees for [the] Chappell and School.

^i^ OUfXi^KZ,' aiiai HoLLi.v FERRY, ^ugm.

;^^ Hollen's Geeex. Certif.[ied] 061. p^ „
02»-0O>; piud out of y« Dutchy 4"12'-00J; Iiit.[erest] of 301 '^

given by Mr. Shaw, [probably Rector of Warrington,] Moor, and
Pakeman, (10" each,) I'-IO-.

This Chap, [el] stands in y* ^'iilage of Glaesbrook, -1 m.[ilea]
from [the] Par.[ish] Church.

«•■- — S«e Wood'* .Aliem. Qnm. ToL iL p. Kp7 ; mril Cklamj'i JTiMeaa. Mtm. roL a.
p. 356.

Ea (be ;ew 17(6, the liu»m>u»rt Mated tlu> lui ociij fixed a^ ttrttim iarans from
the Cli^ BH £3. 15l uul tlwt Uw nsidne irf kit iDooiM aran boM tbc cOBtribv-
tKHU of kii congregatiiML — SvtMa Parot^ £aml. lAr.

> Prtm SoBt BBkoon. Talw in 18M, fUC Bv^tn* brsia in UH.

lUa|laeei*anaaad(mtiKlfAbnk«€lh>lIair, Bl»(Wdlr ananUB m
yoiif bR> pMBd W U>e Duke of CMkflwd vlMi pmuc tk Babd C«~ >
a«yaarl?4». ThraUFm? SoM wmrwvIib Dm jor IStSat acaat WfUOt

Wi^M MawT of Biim E*}. by mn <bt>J »lk Hcw7 Tin. In|«atka to Ika
Chifd «f •!« Holjw yim ea [om] CU^ to aasalaH goddri MIT7N tter.' —
£m(^ JfS& mL HIT.

b lh> 7MV IMS ^ C^d af HaO^bw »> ntBsad Mosfit tb> ChaMna of
•'l .■■! iiirilMiMJbwrffMi Ih Mfiiiwarl irr-irT irf -b- ^-■-f-i- u j.
■wtkti ■ lb p^ Tii-T'^'rr >tf Ik ywr ISO aa "• OmfA ■> Kiilaa ad
gJ aa th^A .* iM< Ikt gt. 1^ kJ bam 1 , I I 1 l l/ jaad at af fta Dm^ ■ ■» —-
'-- ■ r ill III I f MMliilbiii KakrfM^fc»taw M <daa15tta
Can ftrik ^ ^ Hi:. Wm4('* GUkm of C^otknE. I7 virna ef > Um> Mia

^r" " ' • '•! - 1' " -*-■-—- -^ — - [ — ^ —

•MaibyOAodi^^Ea^. tk Ck» vm aifflM by Mr. Baa; AibalM, aW

240 fijottUa etntxmmisu

There is a Chap, [el] yard and burying in it, and Children are
Baptized in y^ Chap, [el] and [the] Sacram^ administered.

[The] Chap, [el was] rebuilt ab^ 20 years agoe by Mr. Massey^ of
Wrexham, [a] Pap.[ist,] who was obliged by y« Bp^ to it, he being
L^ of y^ Town, who repairs it alsoe, the Inhab.[itants] being all
his Tenants. It was built at first by his ancestours, and s^ to be
Consecrated.

An. [no] 1674, 1 Warden, [and] 1 Assistant. The Warden for
this Quarter serves for Church and Chap, [el] too.

Augm.[ented] by [the] Inhab. [itants] and Neighbours w*** 200*
an. [no] 1722.

^c^aL ^SiX tt*[M] 1713, a School^ was erected in y« Village of Glaes-
^SS brook by y« Contrib.[utions] of [the] Inhab. [itants] and
Neighb. [ours ;] but there is no endowm*. The Master teaches to
read, and is named by y^ Inhab. [itants.]

did not obeerre Thunday the 18th of June 1650, appointed for a Day of Humiliation
by Act of Parliament. — Lamb. MS8. toL ii.

' The Masseys of Bixton (in the text erroneoualy called Wrexham) were the foadal
Lords of Bixton-ciun-Glasebrook, and continued members of the Church of Borne
until the extinction of their house in the male line in the year 1760. A Pedigree of
twelye descents of this very ancient and respectable fiunily is recorded in Lame. M88.
Tol. xiL

* The Prelate who appears to have been invested with these large and somewhat
remarkable powers, was the mild and unassuming Bishop Stratford, who, after all,
probably '* obliged" the Manerial owner to rebuild the Chapel of his ancestors more
by the force of argument, and the influence of station and character, than by legal
authority or compulsory injunction.

Baines states that this Chapel was built in the year 1735, which is not in accord-
ance with the text, and appears to be an error. The Bector of Warrington nominates
the Curate.

* The first Master of this humble School was the Bev. John Collier, Curate of Hollin-
green, ordained Deacon before the year 1715, and Priest by Bishop Ghwtrell on the 20th
of June 1725. He married Mary Cook of Winwick, and had issue five sons and four
datighters. His wife died at HoUingreen in the year 1726; and he died at Newton
near Mottram, June 15th 1789. His second son, John Collier, memorable as a Poet,
Satirist, Painter, Engraver, and Humourist, and well known by his soubriquet
of "Tim Bobbin," was bom in Urmston, (according to his own statement in his
f&mily Bible, now before mo,) and baptised at Flixton, on the 6th of January 1706.

9nrun of nUrrtngton.

^^tKIXCrSt,' a ChappeU in y Town.

S^ Certif.[ied] irilO-OO", viz. Iff in
boases and shops of inheritance in Warrington ; 5' Rent Charge
upon Lands in Disley, both given by Mr. Legh' uf Lime ; given
since by ifr, Derbyshire, 1' p.[er] an.[num;] IC by Mrs. Patten;^
15' by 3 other persons, [the] Lit,[ere8t] ofw'' [is] l^-S'.

He becune C^her lo Ibe R^t. Bobfrf P«anoii, InFumbent of HUnrow, in tlK jrmt
17S9, inrcnded u> the Mutentup ofltw Free School there in the yeai 1739, uid died *1
Hnnio* in Jul; 1786. He waa usisled bj hi* pstroii, Colaoel Townlej of Betfield,
in hii cWer Mt*ck upon the Ber. John MThiltakfr, the hiitoriiin of HaDchHlirri and
ii mmtioDcd by Dr. Whitaker, the hiatorinn of Wlitllej, u ■ good Ssion tchoUr.
OoUio' m* an adnurar and iinitat4»' of Hogartli, uid, like the DiituMaed Poet of Ihat
MFOlMe obxrver of wnkfnd, qipean to tuTe been oogaged, when in (be abyn of
poTcrtj, in irriting an Enaj on the pBjment of the National Debt, his mlla being
adorned with a plan of tbe mincB of Peru! Hii EUher beome blind, and wu obli^
to fire np hii Cnracy and School at HoUingreen; and neither lired him«»H', nor
tao^it bia ion to lire like the popila of Fere de la Salle, and the Chiiatian brotben,
bat rather like the Otwa;^ Saragn, and Chatterton*. Han; of Hr. Collier's MSB.
and Painting*, (including portraiti of bis blber, himadf, and bia wife,) are in the po«'
•eaaion of bia great-gnodaon, Ur. JaBi» Cle^ of HUdtow.

■ Dedicatwi lo tbe Boh Trinit;. Vahv in 1834, £130. Segiiter* at tbe Hotbe*
Cbnrcb.

Ilia aila of Uiii Clupel in Sankr? StrrK, and th« boiuea and ib<^ named in (hr
lo^ wci« girai b; Mr. If b- Tbe ediflee wai originaDj inladed a* an Oratory for
tha fUfom of bari^ Prajen read thorin, and waa oiilf mXtj feet by tbirty-thtee
fat, witboQt any aeltled hud for repaira. It waa tberAra pnipoaed about tbe ynr
1780^ by Petff 1^^ X»q. and the IsbalntaDU of Wani^ton, tbaC tbe Ontoiy, and
tha adjoimng hooaaa and abi^a, wbid belo^ad to tbe T i Ma H a of Iba Chapel, abovU
be I^B dim, Bd a» Cb^ tBkrfed md galknaa nested. "Oa Minate'*
SalHj to be £70 a yea* at Ite loat, aiikng ft<M pewa, in «aoBidanti« of the hMMB
tafctai dowB. Tha Hiniiter ia obliged to n»i daily Horning and BTeaiag P i ay ta on
■aJ ilaja, AwtiTBla, and Faati, and on the Eiening hdkm the Holy SarraiBnil,
■111 II IB Iha C^apd or Pariah Chnrch. He la to proe^h in (he Chapel forenoon and
■■■BOOK wnrj Sunday, Hmnms and Wiate*, Bd»ini*ter the Encbarial on tbe (bind
iBBihj ta otwy MOBlh, tmi to a«Mt at Oia Hothor ChtDtih on tha Onot Featirala.
n* ObmA WW (forratii by BiAop Kmm ob SondBy the KRh itf Jaty 17«a—
J^e. MaAJttm fle ' 9i*y> Ckatlm. H ma iMdifted aboot 1780.

Ttiiwai T riji Bri r "- '^t—

> Thb IflMcnl beBrfbrtot waa PMc* L«^ of I^'Bc Eaq. Ur wu Ibe rldetl aoB of
TOL. II.] II

24i flotitia CrBlrirneis.

Tliis Cliappell was consecrated an.[uo] 1709, having been built
a little before by [the] contrib. [utiqcs] of Mr, Legh of Lime and
9ev.[eral] of y* Inhab. [itants,] and endowed by y* said Mr, Legb
w"* 16' p.[erj aii.[num,] in consideration of w*"" y" Right of Nom.
[inating] a Chaplain is lodged in him by y* Act of Conaecr. [ation,]
who has leave to Preach only in y* 4 Winter months.

Some Disputes betw.[ecn] y* Curate and Rcctour were regu-
lated an. [no] 1714, v.[ide] Reg-listerj B.[ook,^ 4, Agreement
then Confirmed by Bp.

3K. w.io.iu SS^cE ICStN,' above SOO" p.[er] an. [num] clear, all Curates

Tri.-o.io. BBEj^ [The] Rectour is Instituted to Wigan cum CapeM
^"n- IMS ™™^"^ de Holland. [A] Pens. [ion]" of 30 marks p.[er] an.

I^^i^™j,"63 [num is] paid to [the] B.[iahop] of Cov. [entry] and Litchf. [ield.]
^^titf V-P'i«]0.«.p.J«4.

Eiclisrd I*g;h Esq. and his wifo Sliiaboth, daughter of Thoioas Chicheley of Wiropole
in the couatj of Cambridge Esq. He mairiod his rclal.iTi>, Fmnccs, daughter and
hcirMA of PitFTs Legh of Birch HaJl niwr Wiirriitgton, but djing s,p. afler the Tear
17Z8, be settled hie large Eitates upon his four uDphfws.

' Mrs. Patliai was Rachel, daughter of 1 be Ker. Hugh Barrow, A'iiar of Lancaster.
She tnarripd in the jeai 1668 William Fatten of Wnrrington, Merchant, who died in
the jear I69S, and she in tbe jetz 1721. Their daughter, Doress Patten, married
John Worslej' M.A. Incumbent of Trioitj' Chapel, Warrington.

' Dedicated to All Saints. Value in 1838, £8,230. Regipten b(^ in 1661.

Wigan, called bj the Saxons Wibispn, which Camden derirei &om Biggi*, %
building, shortly aA«r the Norman invaaion waa held aa parcel of Newton Hundred
b; Soger de Foictuu, and the Clnirah of the said Manor recorded in Domeidaif Str-
eey as endowed with a canicale of hind, is unqucitionablj Wigon Church. The
Barou; of Newton in Makerfield was held bj the ftmilj of Banastre from the time
of Hemy II. if not avlier, to that of Edward I. The subordinate Manor of
Wigan was conferred upon the Sector, and his eacccsBors, before the reign of Henry
III. as in the jear 1246, 30tb Hear; III. a Boval Charter granted and confirmed to
John Maunael, Parson of the Church of Wygan, Chancellor of England, and the
grealeit Plarahat on record, (Lord Campbell's Liret of the Oumcetlori, rol. i. p. 135,)
that hia Town of Wigan should be a Borough for ever, and enjoy sundry eiemptioos

23ranrr» of uaarringlon. 243

Patron an.[no] 1506 Thomas Langton. Inst.[Utition] B.[ook,']
l.p.3.

V,[ide] Present, [ation] by S' Thomas Langton, Baron of New-
ton, an.[no] 1558. lb. p. 19.

Patron, [the] Trustees of S' Orlando Bridgmau, who bought
the Advowson, and conveyed it to Gilbert, Abp. of Cant.[erbury,]
and others, in Trust, for y* s** S' Orlando and his heirs, at whose
reqnest the s^ Trustees presented Dr. Hall, B.[ishop] of Chester,
aflerw.[ards] B.[i9hop] Wilkins, then B.[ishop] Pearson. This
ohg.[inal] Deed is said to be lost, (as well as j* Purchase Deed,)

■ad piinkga. And in Ibr jcai 1S5T, 4Sd Hmi^ ttL ■ wcood ChartfT omSnaed to
Jofca Mwnwrf, Pmao of Wigm, utd hu mccovon, for ner, • weeU; market eray
Honda;, at thor Boroagh of Wigao, ud two amoal (tin ol di daj>' dantion.

Tbe B«ton of Wipa art MiD tte Maaaial Lords, bnt thtar dcfandcuoc upoD tbe
Baronial Court of I(««tOO ia MMfuwd. Ttw loOa of Uw Hoad^ uarkct an paj-
ablr to (he Bector, a>d tboae of tha Friday t^Aet to Uw CtaporatiaB. Tbe Co>art
of the fonwr is Ud at ^atar, aad tbat of the ktta at MkbaiJawi m tmh ftax.

Bj ■ Jndgmnt ^liTiMd in Dm tw UBO, Mi Edward L il mffoni that ia tha
jnr Itn tbe r^ to tlM Adrowno of the ChmA 1^ beaa fapnted, but tfaa
Jodgn of bodi Prartn lk« ^d^d that Bofaot Itiaailiii, hoidiag of Um Eia^
«M tbe tnw FatroB. Tfce p » trn >«e f of the Oiimt p aaaid by the ai a m ag u of Alicia
dughter a^ hntm of Janea Banartre, to Sir John Ac '-f — . nd in tfae rear
lUa, Z>d Edwwd IIL tbe Jadfrneat pm in Inoor ct Botiert rMailii in the y«w
USO, WIS fvrafted by naarm of (rmca, md the Eng via at^odgid to ban bu
Mlion ^aiiHt Bahwt de I^^toa, Baron of Sowton, in i^hl •< Ua moUn-, the
dao^tcr and hcareaa of Bohat. BMastMb IW Adiowaoa ^pana at this tone to
bne been obt^ad by Ih* Omn. bnl the ij^ of fiL iin t i t iia m ultimattl?
mtotBd to tbe B«ww of Bewtoa, and m aii md by th^

Anno d'ni UOa, fie Ama m tm*. S. Mathn Ajli, m (afit% UA. f. Bp"^
ibttm f'ttoL ct laMitaL tat Bobl. ib CMetov, in eeelia da Wjgan, M ^i^taai^
f ni JiA'na <fa Langiton patx. nc'h^—Lii. I,« CsL 06^ ^. Xa ^fa a, Cte^ Lirlf.

On the I7tb fcaL of Jalf lUi, Joha^ km of Joka de t aapif . ClHk, «•■ adantlad
to Itie CbnrA of Wjgnn, »J iM li t i^ don Aa f i u( ali «i an «f Behtrt. ton of John
de Laagcton. the rmn*, «■ ika Anth «r Oml BArt da CSdwho*. Daud at
U<^e. -ZA. ^ fa. IW b. «« CWM. ^ii. XmV-

Oath««thl^«f M»»fcm^at 1 ' II «i»| ^ ai<ilat Hffwcdbr Bogv,
» B«»y ^ f^addrafcw. C^aa rf iJAfcM. to

linf Wy^n. a. an I la tn iaftheB^

MC, Wn nu, lim « 'W j nda w . nri Aft.
HA Bd-»d IIL--£«, Iff fa. Uft«.« Chrf^ 4^ '^•f

244 #olttta etMtimUn.

but in subsequent Deeds of Trust it is said, thai S^ John Bridgman
Knowing his Father's intentions to be^ that His Heirs should not
take tf^ same to their own use, ^c. pursuant to y' pious intention of
his Father, grants, bargains, and sdls to H.[enry,'] B.[ishop'] of
London, Sfc. the said Advowson, in Trust, y^ they shall present
the B.[ishop'] of Chester, or some other person, as they, in y^
judgment, shall think fit, ^.

Upon Pearson's death B.[ishop] Cartwright was presented, and
after him B.[ishop] Stratford; then Mr. Edward Finch, (in 1700,)
and afterwards (in 1714,) Mr. Samuel Aldersey, the pres.[ent]
Bectour, an. [no] 1722, [who died in 1740.]

On the 6th Idee of July 1359, Richard de Langeton, Clerk, was presented to the
Parish Church of Wygan, then yacant, by D. Bobert de Langeton, the tme Patron,
Stephen de Chetaston, Bector of Warrington, haying been appointed a special Com-
missary for the institution, which took place in the Chapel of the said Sir Robert, at
Newton, in his presence, and he, the said Richard, made oath ( jurayit tacto libro)
that he would pay an annual pension of xx^*, due to the Cathedral of Lit^ifield, by
equal portions, at Michaftlmas and Easter. — lAh. 4, foL 6, ib.

On the 4th of September 1959, Robert de Lostock, Presbyter, was instituted to
the same Church on the resignation of Richard de Langeton, the Reot<», on the pre-
sentation of Sir Robert de Langton, Patron. — lb. foL 6/6, ib.

On the 4th of January 1361, Dom. Robert de Lostock resigned the Rectory to R.
Bp of Cot. and Lichf. and Dom. Walter de Campeden was instituted on the pressn-
tation of John, Earl of Lancaster, Patron for this turn, owing to the minority of
his ward, Ra^h de Langeton, kinsman and heir of Robert de Langeton. The Beo-
tor binds himself to pay xx** a year to the Cathedral Church of Lichfield. — Ib, foL
80 a, f5. [Langeton must haye been at this time aged twenty, for be was forty-fiye
in the year 1386, (yide Scrope and Cfrotvenor RoU;) and his grandfiither's Post
Mortem Inquisition says he was of full age.]

On the 10th of February 1366, Campeden obtained a Licence from the Bish<^ to
absent himself from the Church of Wigan, "as long as his Lord pleased." — Xt6. t.
foL 12/6, ib.

On the 9th kaL of August 1370, at Heywode, James de Langeton, "habendo ton-
suram dericalem," was presented to the Church of Wygan by Balph de Langeton,
Patron, on the death of Walter de Campdene, late Bector, and he swore, after insti-
tution, to pay a pension of 20" a year, due to the CathedraL It appears by a record
of Boger de Yealand, that thirty marks per annum were granted out of the endow-
ment of the Church of Wygan, by '* that noble man Sir Bobert Banastre, Patron** of
the same, and Mr. Bichard Beet of the same; and it is eoyenanted that ten marks
should be annually paid towards the sustentation of the fabric of the Cathedral, ten

Scarnrs of Otarnngton. 245

An. [no] 1618, By a Decree of -t pcrBons to whom y* King
referred the Differences betw.[een] y* Rect.[or] of Wigan and y"
Corporat.[ion,] (-viz. [the] Abp. of Cant, [er bury,] the B.[ishop]
rf Ely, and 2 Chief Justices,) upon their Petition to him it was
adjudged y' Wigan was a Manour, of Right belongiug to y* Rec-
toDT, and it was ordered y' y* Jlonday JIarket and Holy-Thursday
Fair, with all profits, &c. should be y* Parson's in his own Right ;
■nd y« Fryday Market and St. Lake's Fair ah'' be y* Town's ; that

■Mb ahonld be afatied in bread for the poor and be distribiitcd by the Sxristui,
^ the raidue ahonlil be for the dm of tlie Sacriatui; ud if at taj time the See of
lichfield should be lacsot, Uie Archdncon of Cbtalex ibonld compel the payimt of
the Mid non. Thi* donatiaii ma ■Ualcd and dated at T.i^ttfl't ti** Idea of Jnlj a'
d'ni 1266.— ii. foL 85,6, ii.

In Angoit 1373, tbc Biibop gianled a Licmce of Don-ieaideDce to Ur. Jam<s de
I«Dff«OB, Bector of Vjgm, for one jeai.^Lii. r. foL 28, b. And on the 11th of
SafNember 1374, a ■imilai' Lioenoe wa« gnoted to him cm pajmoit ol t ma^a. —

On iLe 9Ui of Angmt ISOS, Sir Thoinaa Lugton, OmfdL wn pnMnled U> the
Bac«n7 ct Wigas on Ae &ath of Sir Joba I^ngton, the iHt Bertor, b^ J^m
i t i iwt a m, WmiiB TtaiiMli, Thonw Laogbm. bnither of Gilbert LaagUia of !«■%
Md WiDiM Wodookka, PwmM to thia tan, bj the faAnt of Ba^ Ua^m
«■» dacMiad.— 2A U> Ibl. 5». a, a.

OnlhelOthof Aag«itlfie6,Hr.ILW;«tB.T.B.«HmaiiMted« Ike d^ik ^
the laat Iiunmbent, on Uk pwirntrtM at Hmit TIL— iA U^ U. Ufi, it.

OnthelOthofOrtob«l&19,n««MlfMaaMJ>. wwiHtilaled oa the Mng-
■atios of Bii^aid Wjntt SSS. on tk pgritatiBa of Bio— logtos Saq. ihB
lna> FMnm.— £A. 13, tai. 60«, a.

Oa Ihe 24th of Slardi 15M, JTa', Biefard gj^J?. Oak, wm iM lil^tJ am A»
dmh of ITiibii I laaftliiii. the iMt Bector, oa the piia n i t a t i n a "ep*^ nd tai
TfciiMi l^jftna, Mftla." He ^ide orth t^l he wsoU p^ to the Deu Md Ch^-
— "I'-ri li '-* ^ the Part of the AnraanrtiBw otBL

U*C p« Birtar» <* Wj9>. Om. U<kl « U. My. '-'^ U«--'9^ AtiMm,

OatbUMhof Mmf irri fTh Tli iMii TmiiIih KbL Bans «f Sotoa, tke tarn
m, I I ifjt * Ik MB |i iiiiwMiiia to ife B«*a>7 to Jaka VIbm-
• aad PMW Fariaftn Eay^ aad ther. «a th* fth of Alpii

246 ^otiiui Crstrtcnsta.

y" Easter Leet sh'' belong to y* Parson, and Mich, [aelma] s Leet
to y" Burgesses : that j-* use of y" Moot-hall sh'' be common to
both, and y' y' Prentice Plea and Court of Pleas sh'' he y* Corpo-
ration's. Reg.{uter] B.[ook,] 2, p. 90, 203, &c.

1568, presooted to Cuthbcrt, Bishop of Chester, for Institulion, 'Hhe Kov. Father in
Christ, ThoroM Stanley, bj DiTioe Proiidencc, Biahop of Sodor." — Origiital Letlm
in Ote Stgistrg, Cheiler. Lane. MSS.

Dr. BridgemsD, B[l«rwiinle BiBhop of Chester, wu praMMitcd to the LiTJng by
James I.; and Sir Orlando Bridgemnn, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, the
BisUop'e son, pnrohaeed the AdTowaon, ahortlj after the KoBtoratioo, of Sir Thomu
Fleetwood of Calwich sod Fenworthain, the deaceudont of the Langtons, uid It is now
vested in hia lepreaontative, the Right Hon. the Earl of Bradford.

These Episcopal Rcetors are all omitted in Bainea's Catalogue of the Iiuminbents
of the Parish.

Thu Liriiig waa valued at £33. Gs. 8d. in thu .vear 1291.

The Commisaioners of the year 1650 reported that the^e was a maoaioD house col-
led the Parsonage of Wigan, and certain glebe lands worth £30 per annum, chief
ronla about £30 per annum, and Tithe Com and Priry 'Kthc in (he town worth £40
piT annam. The whole Tilhcs were estimated at £117. lOa. 8d.; but there was a
rent charge of £20, as the Commissioners were informed, payable out of Ihe Rectoij
to the Cathedral of Lichfield. "On the delinquency of Dr. Bridgcman, late Bishop of
Chester and Sector of Wigan, (appointed to the Living by King James in the ye»r
1616, and not in the year 1600, aa atsled by Baines,) by an Order from the Committev
of Plundered Ministers, Mr. James Bradshaw, now lacumbent, came in, (about the
year 1645, on the duprivation of Biahop Bridgeman, who did not vacate the BencGce
in the year 1604, as recorded by Barnes,) and supplied the Cure there, and ia a painfull,
able, preaching Minister, and hath observed the Cure upon Iho Lorde'a Dayea, but
that, he having notioe, did not observe the Fast on the 13th of June last, contrary to
the Order of Farliameiit." Half of the Tithes of Haigh belonged to Roger Brad-
shugh Esq. and bis ancestors, and they paid £16 per annum to the Reclors of
Wigan, for divers years, and also to Mr. Bradahaw; but they only paid £3. 6«. Sd.
per annum before Dr. Massie's time. Hector of the said Parish Church [in 1604.] —
Fori. Inq. Lamb. MSS. Bradahaw's offence, shortly afterwards led to his removal,
and he was succeeded by Mr. Charles Eotham, a person who had aliidied Judicial
Astrology, and who searched into the secrets of Natnre.^See Calamy'a I^o'teonf. Stem.
voL ii. p. 181.— See Hindlbx Chafsl.

Mr. Henry Prcscott of Chester, in a letter to Bishop GlaatrcU, then at Oiford,
dated November 9th 1717, aaya, "Ever abce Mr. Finch look down the Gallery in
the Church of Wigan where the Corporation aute together, they have sate promiscu-
ously, or absented themselves &om the Church. Mr. Shakerley, however, has now
generously offered to build or buy a proper seat for Ihem. [It is built w'' oak, all
flnisht, and will boU SO poraotkS. — Hole.'] A Gallery, erected by voluntary coniri-

23rancrn of S^arnngton. 247

Wigan, Pemberton, HolUad, Dalton, Winstanley, Billing, Catonf, 12.
Uaigh, AspuU, Hindley, Abram, Ince, Orrell.

2 Wardens, [and] 18 Assist, [ants,] who serve jointly for y*
whole Parish, chosen accord. [ing] to [the] Canon; seven of y*
.\jsaistants are for y" Town, y" rest for y* Parish.

bntioiit, M the we«t end, and coiifirtn'd in IViut, to the Sector, for the D»e of tha
Orgin, Tu. for the Bepnir or Beaali^ing of it, (ft Salsij of SC per um. being olher-
wiH irttlsd on the Oi^aniit,) is the place Bi'd upon. I staid at Wigan Kreral dajB
■Ac* the Visit* ended on thi* mBtix. S* Ik^^ Bndahugh Mllidting the matter on j*
behalf of Mr. Shakerle; and the Corpont*. The GaUeiy wbeii fiCtl to person* who
wanlcd Seata, made uncertain Bate*, Mnutinm £5, aonwtinus £6, and at othen but
C4p.Bn.' Therefore the (Dm of £100 iraadfrnandcdbf Mr. Alderser, or in hit behaU;
of Mr. ShakerleT, for it, for hee delighta to hm^e it his own Gift, and lo ha»e no Contri-
t<rtar to V* Beneficmee^ H<e jH henlatea at j* nun, and thinks itt too high. If the'
mailer proceed, patt of the mone; wiS bmid a miEcent OaOir;, with Seala, on the
north lide, for the luaiier sort who want Scats, W, w*^ the rest of J' moner, is lo be
connrted a* abore to tbe nw of the Organ. And tbia will be a means to reduce tbe
Corporation to a pood Tranper, and perhaps to make Mr. Shakeriey a Bepreaentatire
n lOiTj thai so good ao act shoohl, in tbe end, be made to originate in so

ita of a Towa, Vare^ Aklea, Chaneel, and two Chantnes,
■ the jtar IMS, one bdmging to the Bradsbaighs, and
tk otW- to t^ Oenr^ la Ik Ibnoer O^f^ atanda an ahar tomb containing the
eOgiea of Sir WilUnu Bmdahaigh and Danv Habdla his wife. It was sketched hj
Ihigdale in the ^ew 16G4. Tbe Enighl appcan to be io chain mail, croas legged,
with his sword paitiallj drawn from tbe scabbard on his left aide, with a tbi^
Attged with Iwo bands, bong the arms of Bradshaigh. The [^ is in a kmg rob^
niled, her hands ebnCed, and coDfoined in prayer. Thia Chantiy of St. Marr tbe
Vapn, WM tomAi bj Dn^ Kahella, widow of WlUian de Bndshaw KbL with
theMMBtofBapr, Bishop of liriifiiJd and Coxntr;, the Eari cf Lancaster, Se>e-
((UarEi^Dd,aBd John delugetoB, Sector of Wi^ U was endowed with >
■ iiiHr in Wigan, then in tbe tenoR of Hun? BmMtK, tad witfc p « f m» ia
H^a. 'Oa attesting witacaaea woe jy»o Tboaa 4e lathMm, ITm Bohto de
laageign, ITno Bie^ de Hosbton, Vve WBIB de I-ee, HmOm. DTao Btmr. da
Wabtk, p'aoM enflw ^ StaadU^ I^do John de langetoe, p'sooa eccHie de Wlgan,
OilbM d> Hjq'dec^ WnrM de WoreUn, WiCma de EoretoB, tt aHb. Da*, apod
H^> dm d-m'M im alJo 8*1^1 Jaeobi Apli, ^ d'ni milf a** zix-' oe*aa>>, <t
r u. Bdndi foL post eooq. daoJecimn. — JJr. ^ B>L M, sk, SO, in CW. Zm^.
■"^g ■ilmpisiMM OBthaUafSsrlBlOTUH^JetedeBatla^FraiiTter.waa
■stiMed by Bo^. BUop of UekMd, 10 (he Cha>li7 of the Albw af SL Mm; »
(he fMsfc Omk ef W^a, favdad br Dmm MaMk, faomlj wiii af air VSiam
ItaMaw KaL a^ mm ly hr ptnud M (he mme, aa tna 1

248 llotitia ffcBtrirnata.

KbIU. Brickley, {S' W. Gerard;) Haigh.s (S' R. Bradshaw;) Win-
Stanley,* (Mr. Banks ;) Ince,^ (Mr. Walmsley ;) Low,^ (Mr.
Langton;) Abram,' Bamfurlong,^ Wigan.**

FBtrouess.—Lii. 2-3 ToL 112/6, 1^ In the Gerard Clupel are llie familj ormi and an
inscription ou a tablet in meiDoi7 of the Gerards of Ince in Makerficld, Lordi of
Inee and Aapull for centuries, whose remains are interred here.

Althoogh tho late fabric was not tctj ancient, being in the third pointed Btjle of
debased architerture, oieept the Tower, tho first 3tage of which was built in the thii-
tCFnIh ecnturr, ibo foundatian is of an early period. A mutilated montiniQit of a
Prieet of the Konnan era, has recentlj been discovered and eihnmed, haTing been
used b; the tnaauDS about the year 1621 as s foimilation stone of the late Chanocd.
A portion of a Korman arch, probably belonging to a doonraT, has also been found,
togethei- with tha bases and cylindrical piers of the Church, b the 6nt pointed style
of architecture. Tho Church is said to hare betm destroyed by fire abont the time of
tho Bdbrmation. The whole baa just been adnurably reboill, except the Tower, in
the third pointed style. In the year 1S4&, the Chancel, rebuilt by Biihop Bridgcman
in the year 1621, in a debased style, having become dilapidated, was again antiivlf
rebuilt of &ee atone, along with the North and South Aisles, of the same^ (tha latter
of which is the family Chapel of the Balcarrea tunily,) the whole being raised about
four feet in height.

Tbo Eaet Window is the ofl'ering of the Misses Eenyon of Bwinley in Wigan, and
the stained glass is executed by Mr. Wailes. Another stained Window has been
erected at the West end, representing the twelve Apostles, the four Western and four
Eastern Doctors, and four Eogliah Bishops representing the ancient British, the
Saion, the Korman, or Middle age, and the Boformed Chureh ; the triangular apaoai
being BUed with sil reprcscDtatioiis of four Archangels. Another window will be
sbortiy set up near the Font, representing the oreuts of our Lord's childhood, with
symbols of Holy Baptism introduced. The Font, designed by Mr. Carpenter, architect,
and sculptured by Mr. Thomas, sculptor to the new Palace of Westminster, was |it»-
sented to the Church by the ladies above named. The Baptistery Window was eieeuled
some years ago by Mr. Wailes, and presented by a former Curate. The Pulpit and
Beredos were designed by Messrs. Sbarpe and Paley, and are exquisitely sculptured
in Caen stone by Mr. Thomao. The Boof is painted in colours, and gilded, the
panels being spangled with stars. The floors of the Sacrarium and Chancel are laid ia
encaustic tiles, and on each side are carved stalls and benches for the Clergy and
Cboir, the Organ sUnding in the first bay of the North Aisle The floor of St. Maty*!
Chapel will be laid down in ornamented tiles, and a perclosc will separate the Ohapd
from the Church. It is intended that the windows shall be filled with stained glass.
These extensive restorations are to bo attributed to the derotioD, taste, and well-timed
leal of the Hou. Colin Undsay.

> Haigh was b the posssarioa of the Le Norreys family in the reign of King John,
and passed with Mabella, daoghter and heiress of Hugh de Norris, Lord of Haigh

Otxittn of zaamngton. 249

"f^l finrt is a Free Gram, [mar] School here, built and cndoired t^^L
i^Si. by ono Banks above 100 [years] agoe. W* was given by
him, and by Bullok,'" and [Edmund] Molineoi, (in 1613,) Citiaens
of Ixtndon, and some late Feoffees, amoonts to 4*-8»-4*, riz. 20"
p-[er] an.[niun] Rent Charge, oat of a Messuage and tenera* in
Billingsgate Par.[ish, in] Ixmdon, called the Chalice and Shep-
herd ; 6" -IS*-** rent charge, out of an Estate called Achum

■nd BIii-kriHl, to Sir \f31iain Bmbbaigh, Kni^it of the Shire for I^ncaaluTe in Ik
7tL, 9th, ud 19ib EJnid n. *nd ad 1^ «]i Eihiwd HI. ud Dane V>MK *Im>
(nrWred him, na Irring in the llth Edncd m. >aao 1337, •"—r^ tk t^da
of the I^ of the Unwr of HaigX ad ia tW Mlow^ ^w praKoted ■ PimC
lo her Chantii; m Wign CWopek. Tkir ilrewihiW. Sr B(«er Bndd«^ «m
cnsled a Bwcmrt in tke jmr l«79i Sir Borm-. tke bulk BwooM, dji^ wkhoM

Km of Sir Ha^bfiy Ednn, W whoa be had ■ dM^tcr nd heiRM, Elinbedi
Bdsin, mmaiei lo Cbvie* DaliT^k of 5onh Benrkk bf. show ooIt duU,
EliabcUk Daliyfh; MTiBd. in Ac jau 1790. Simmer I^ji^, uiU'EitI ..f
Baloma, &tkr «f the pramt En), B vboB Uh Aadila^ KrtMM IK DOW laoed.
Und, ia A* *c«D of Hai7 Tm. ^ -He. TTmlihii hMk • pkw <alkd
Hnn, » ^fa frgn Wf^^ He bth foadt aada (^ Oe S* Cmib m hi.
On»de,rai7frailableiohiB.' .ial aftenvb he Bilit, ~Om BnUw- dvriltth
rt Earner IW eU hove of the fiieilifa^h ^ hers i^—ifci ^ • i|linlif
~ N b«Blt br Uw pcent BoUt <7-acr, ti> Biete B«^ thr KmI of BOcwTW

^— rfBiihw^ Jb Y».^ hf dbf rM^iw, ■ tfa j»r UM^ lit Hcmj [T. bd^
i^trfhthefawa^yrf iiwm^lj. ^^ mm* in. of Ait fa^ «a
<UM<feMlken9<fCkKteI.Ml«^nrfthM«rfBedfar the Be^al Owe.
!_, &^lec Bd hMi> •< Hmmi GcMd, whe £ed m tW p« MTS, ^bM
3okaaadB>^»MrfflirinKHO<n(d,tfc*tlwdB««vt,ba( if^t^i^

I

350 ^otiiia CtHtricitBi)!.

in Orrcl], [in] \Vig.[au] Par.[ish;] 121-15". 00^ p.[er] aii.[num,]
from a tenem' in Aspullj called Backsbaw's Lands ; S small Closes
called Brown Meadows, C p. [er] an. [num ;] a Iiouse and croft
called Boor's H.[ouse] and Croft, 3' p.[er] an.[num;] all in y«
Par.[isli] of Wigan. Ded.[uct] ev.[ery] year about 6" p.[er]
an. [nam] for Taxes and Repairs.

The Master and Usher are nominated by the Feoffees, and y*
Writings are in y* hands of y« Town Clerk of Wigan. Ccrt.[ified]
an.[no] 1719.

Manor of luce was Bold bj Thoiiuu Qcrard E»ij. before the jwr 1678, to hia cou-
■in. Colonel RicLard Gerard, son of the second Barouct. The Hanor iras lold hj
William Gerard of Inee Keq. to Alexander, siith Earl of Bnlcarres; whilst Ince Hall
pasaed in marringe with Marj, sister and coheintsd of William Gerard Esq. to John
Walmeslej Esq. and is dow the propertj of John Walmeelej Esq, of Bath, a itrangw

luce Hall, surrounded by a moat, ia a pioturesque struMtire of wood and plaster,
built about the time of Henry VII. A tibw of it is given in Gregson'a Fragmmti of
Ltmcathire, p. 238.

• Lowe Hall in Hindley, which Manor was a subinfeudation in the Makerfield fee,
is DOn- a (arm house. This brsDch of the Laogtona, (descended from Robert, s«ooad
Bon of Sir Robert de Lnngton, Baron of Newton, in the time of Edward III.) recorded
their Pedigree at Dugthde's risitation. Robert Lnngton E«q. horn in the year 16S7,
was the fourth in descent from Richard Langton Esq. and Philippa, his wife, daugh-
ter of Sir Ralph LejeesWr of Tabley in the county of Chester, and UtwI at Lowe
in the early part of the bat century. Edward Laogton, the lost of Lowe, left his
property to Catharine his wife, and to nephews and nieces, named Pugh, by Will dated
the 4th of September 1731 ; probate issued the 22d of August J733. A fiunily of
the same name, who eetlled at Kilkenny in the year 1486, claimed descent from Che
LangtoDS of Lowe, as appears by their Pedigree in the Ofllce of L'lster King at
Arms, Duhlin.

' Abram, originally Adhurgham, was held by Richard de Adhurgham by gift of
Henry II. iu fee farm, and IsaboUa, daughter and coheirena of Johu Abnun of Abram
Eeq, haTing married temp. Henry Vii. James Holt of Gristlehunit Esq. eoDvejod
the EstotB to him. — Xanc. MffS. toI. ij. p, 277. The houflo iu moated, and is the
property of John Whitley Esq. by purchase.

' Bamfurlong Hall, a building of timber, plaster, and brick, with a priiate Romas
Catholic Cbapel, waa the seat of the Ashetons in the Bflecnlh century, and now
belongs to William Oerard Walmeslcy Esq. Of thia houae were the Ashet«na
of CIcgg Hall in the Parish of Roehdale, iu the time of Qneen Elizabeth. — See
Asaheton's Jonmat, pp. 102-3.

• Wigan Ilall is the Rectory Iiouse, nnil ia a targe ediHec chiefly of brick, at the

iScaitrrp of S^aningtou.

251

An.[iio] 1629, [An] Order made relat.[mg] to [the] Free
School here. MS. Hulm. 98, a. 16, 39.

100' [was] pven by Mr. Orl,[ando] Bridgman" for building a
new School house, w^ is now made use of, an. [no] 1725,

[Tlicre is] a School free to [the] Inhab. [itants] of Haigh only, %atg|)
built about 60 years agoe by y* town, to W^ was given by Miles
Turner about 8' p.[er] an.[uuro,] in land at Billing. S' llog.[er]
Bradshaw noin. [inatcs] y" Master, and keeps y" Writings.

A School house was built in Goose Green in this TownsP, by ^rmbtrlan
Tho.[uias] Moliueux of Penib.[erton (] no endowm^ only a house *'')'""■
for y= Master.

button] of UsUgsle Street, and tiat much improied bj the Hod. Oeorge Bridgemui,
the lalp B«eloT ; and also bj the Rer. H. J. Omuung, the prwenl Bet'tor, who iui
nmde conaideraUp altcratiODs in it.

"> Hugh BuUork, GtiHm and Habfrdiwlier of Londoi;, by Will dated the E6th of
Julj 1618, derised Ere M(»auagea in Miucing Lanr in thi- Parish of St. Duiutsn in
the Eitl, and a Messunge in the Pariiih of St. Botolph, Binhoprgslc, to Roger Bul-
lock of Wigan, liii nephmr, sou of his brother, John Bullock of Wigan, in foe,
eiiargjng the Messuage in Bl. Bololpli'n, eallod the Clialiee and Bhqjherd, binng the
cornn hoiue, with an annoity of £20 lo the Corporation of Wigan, l^wnrdi thf
maintanancD of the Free School there; and to the Pariah of Barking an annuity uf
4Cb. for four Lectures, yearly, and £&. 4e, to the Poor of Barking. Then premiaea
were afterwards devined by Will to Ellen, daughter of John ButhHik, wlio marriiHi
WHliuD Page, and the house* being burnt down in the great Fire of London, and iJie
annuity lost. Sir Roger Bradtluigh Ent. Rittpb Markland, and William Laitbwajto,
AJdtrmen of Wigan, appeared on the lutii of April lt)r>8, bcToro tius Court, (ms
p. 2S0, Note,) as Drfendanle against the Pelitioiun, Page and bin wilii, and the Cl«-
ritj was maintained. It appeared tbat on the 27lb of Norrmber 1618, Bogvr Bol-
lock the nephew, settled the annuity by Deed, (Aliee BuUwk, widow, baTing bar
dower out of the premiaes,) on the CorponUJlni of Wigan ; " b«t fonumuch •• the
■aid Deed ia is paper, and the distanctt bctweene the towne of Wigan and Uic at; of
London is ao gtni, and by reaaoD whereof il ii Terj baiwduun to hate the said Deed
carried to and fro as oft as there maj be occaeion to prodojee it," the Caart ordered
il to be eaioBt</l.—AM. MSB. tffjt, >'o. 19, Bril. Mit. Hugh BulWk upfemn to
faBTegiTim£100,in hi*Il£!tiiiiF,totl>ePoorof Wi^a. The C^iarily C
were unable to obtain mj aarainte infbnnation rnpin'ijlig t

(heir Brp<^ Wifom, pp. 969 — 287. John Bidloek, Ibc *od of UctKi, dwqpd ibt
Uewaapa atece-axaad in Londoo with a ycaily rail i-hargr of £S t« tb Pmt ot
Wi^Di bat (U* (IwritT appwr* lo be loM.

" Bj Indenlun- >tat<d tlur 11th of Jaavary 1«1», Jaow L*i«h fONtod lo ■«((r

252 i^oiitia errslrtciisia.

'' ^S ^^ *° ^' ^°°^ °^ Wigau, a'-lO'-OO'i p.[er] aii.[iiiim,] by one
g^^ John Guest of Abram, (in 1653,) charged upon Land there,
to be distributed in Limicn Cioth ; 11' p.[er] au.[num] in Rain-
ford, (bought n-ith Mason's and Bullock's money;} 7' p.[er] an.
[num, rent of] a Meadow in Wigan, bought in 1639 with £140
given by Henry Mason,"* Clerk, of London; Land purchased w*
money given by 8ev.[eral] Persons nieutioned in Tables hung up
in y* Church, of w^*" 225' by Mr. Edward Holt, iu 1704, [the]
Int.[erest to be given] in Bread; [100' by Ilcnry Mason, Rector
of St. Andrew, Uudcrshaft, London, in 1632; lOOi by Hugh
Bullock of London;] given by Rob.[ert] Sixsmith, (in 1688,)
6' p-[er] an. [num; by] Ald.[erman] Mason 3' p.[er] an. [num.]
for binding out Apprentices ev.[ery] year; by Bi' Stratford, SC;
Oliver Markland, Citizen and Innholdcr of London, gave Lands in
Pumess to the Poor; John Bullock, by Will in 1642, gave £5
per annum, charged on messuages in the Parishes of St, Dunstaii
in the East aud St. Botolph.

An. [no] 22 Jac. 1, [an] Inquis. [itiou was held] ab' money

Doune9 Esq. and otherB, an Irasleta, cad their heirs, an bdhubI rent of £6. 13*. 4d.
isBuing out of a AfesBuogo and Lands in OrrcU, called tba "Aukburst," toward the
munlenanrc of a Fri« Ontrnmar Sclioul at Wigan, Tor bringing up poor Boholan of
the Town and Parisb of Wigan, for ever. Iji the jear 1728, ilOO was given by Sir
Jobii Bridgeman Bart, and not b; Mr. Orlando Bridgeman, aa stated in the text,
which, with £110 Biibucribcd bj the Inbabitnnta, purchnscd half an aire of land
and a bonse in Mill Qate, Wigan, and a new School was built. The proport; of the
Sehool was regulnlcd by an Ac^t of Parliamont in the year 181S, and fresh Statut«a
'ver:' made for its goTermuput.

'" The B«T. Henry Mason B.D. was born at Wignu in the year 1B7S, and entered
of Brasenose College, Oion, in the year 1 b92. Id the year 1602 be wus appointed
Chaplain of Corpus Chrislt College. Ho afterwards became Chaplain lo Dr. John
King, Bishop of London, and Hector of St. Andrew, Onderahaft, in that city, but
■mn ejected, or, as Wood snjs, " reicd out of bia Ijiviug," by the Prcabytorians in the
year 1641. He retired t« bis native place to live in priracy, but was much harasaed
by the Republieona, He died in the year 1647, aged seventy-four, baring given in his
lile-timo the Cbaritics named in the leit to the Poor, and to bind indigent children
apprentices, aa well aa many Bibles to the Poor, and his valuablo Library to the
Granunar School. He published numerous learned controversial Treati^-cs and Ser-
mons, and opiKiRrs lo hav* been a conaitteiit Member of the Churrh of Enijland. Ho

Qtanrrp of ZRarringfon. 253

given for a Workhouse here, and [an] Order [tnadej upon it.
MS. Hulm. 98, a. 16, 37.

To the Poor of "Winstanley 57', all or most of it Given hy y
Ancestours of Mr. Banks.

^g mix©,' Certif.[ied] W-OO-08'', (fffjap.^ar.

^^^ yiz. paid bj- [thej Rect.[or] of Wigan, Sugin,

& p-[er] an.[uum; an] Estate called Edleston house, left by Fm. ir»

the Will of Mr. John Edleston, dated I4tb June 1672, [worth] ^^^|^j;^

15', in -w'^ is a Stone Delf set for 2' ; [an] Estate in [the] posses- Ip"*"- '**1
aionof J. Woodward, 2i-6'-8J; [the] Int.[ere8t] of I(K)i left by
Mr. Wells, 5'; [the] Int.[creat] of 9-ii iu scv.[eral] hands, 4J-14'.
Ded.[uct] 1' p.[er] an.[nmu] Chief Rent to Mr, Blackburn.
This Chappell was rebuilt an.[no] 1717.

left K folia Tolume of Tbiwlag;, in MS. id Iho haadi of his Mmd, Dr. Gilbert Sbi^-
don, sfti^rwiirila Arrhbishap of Canterbury, from whom it puacd to Dr. Dolben,
Archbijhop of York. He km yonnger brolher of tlie very learned Francis Mason,
whofte "Vindicia; Eccleiis Anglicaii»," in fire books, and other Worka, are not likolj
to be foTgotten.

> Patron Saint unkoown. Value in 1H34, £234. Registore begin in 1696.

In tlie reign of Edward I. Marr de Billinge, the heiress of the chief line of the
local bmily, mBrried Henry de HeytOD, and had a aon, Bobert de Heyton, nbo held
the Manor. His four daughters and coheireBsci left desiwndanta, all Lving in the
SOtb Henry VI.-, and from Aricia, the second daughter, whose sole issue, Margaret,
married Roger de Bispham, about the beginning of the reign of Henry FV. the fourth
part of the Manor of Billingc descended to Uargaret, (bom in ITUl and died in 1762,)
daughttT and heiress of Tlionias Bupham Esq. who married Thomm Owen, whose
two coheinsees married Edward Leigh of London, and Holt Lejgli of Whitl^ Hall
Esq. whose descendants now posseaa the Estate.

The Chapel existed anterior to the Reformation, and in the year 1650 the Com-
DUHioncrs reported that, "by a late Ordinance of Pari' the whole town of Orrell,
half of Billinge, and a fourth of Winrtanley is divided from the Parish of Wygan,
and acneied to the Pariah of Holland." The Tilhei of Billinge were at that time
worth £46 per sonum, nnd were reeciied bj Mr. Richard Bowden, (spelt Baldwin,
under Holland,) Minister of Holland. Mr. John Wright supplied the Cure of
Billinge Chajiel, being honest in life nnd eonrersation, but kept not the hist Fast,
and hsd £5(J per annum paid bt Mr, James Brsdshsw if Wigan ; a donition of

254 ^titia et%txitmi$L

There is an Estate [of the yalue] of 10* p.[er] aii.[num^] left
(by Mr. John Eddleston in 1672,) to y« Chap, [el] School, or [to
the] Poor, at y® discretion of y« Feoffees ; now bestowed upon y«
Curate, an. [no] 1705, v.[ide] Curate* s Account, Pap, Reg.

Augm.[ented] an. [no] 1720, w^ 200* by Tho.[ma8] Banks,
Esq®.

1 Warden.
»an. Bispham.2

3 m.[iles] from Wigan.

e^Hxitiei. ^g eft to y« Poor by Rich.[ard] Atherton 2&, in y« hands of
^^ Mr. Banks of Winstanley; by Ma.[ry] Corles, S^; [by]
Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes, 1^ • 10».

(ttfiap.^ar- mm SNI91.iE|?,i Certif. [ied] S» . 13- • 06<i,

^*" \^ ^SS viz. Rent Charge upon Lands left by

[betSfsimd^] John Rauicars, 6^; Rent Charge upon Lands in Mobberley, left
by Mrs. Frances Duckenfield, 29th Sep. 1662, 2i.l0»; Rent of
Houses and Lands given by R. Collier, 10^ • 7^; Cliarge upon Land

468. 8d. to the said Chapel by Mr. Thomas Billingc ; and £4 per Minimi^ giren by
the Inhabitants of Billinge and Winstanley. It is recommended to be made a Parish,
being four miles from Wigan, and two and a half miles from Holland. — Pari. Imq.
Lamb, MSS. toL ii. On its being rebuilt in the year 1717, Mr. James Seabroke d
liiyerpool. Merchant, contributed £200 towards the cost of the erection; whilst
Thomas Bankes of Wigan Esq. second son of William Bankes of Winstanley £iq.
contributed a similar sum towards improving the endowment. The Bector of Wigan
is the Patron.

' Bispham Hall is an ancient house, the residence of the Bisphams from the eariy
part of the fifteenth century until the middle of the last century, and now the seat
and estate of John Holt Esq.

^ Patron Saint unknown. Yalue in 1834, £88. Registers begin in 1698.

In the time of Henry II. Swane, the son of Lofewinc, gave to Gospatric half s
carucate of land in Hindle, in free marriage, and Roger, the son of Gospatric, held
that land of Thomas Burnhul, in the reign of Xing Henry. Adam de Hindele held
two borates in Hindele, of ancient feoffment. Robert, the father of Richard de Hin-
dle, gave to the Hospital [of St. John of Jerusalem?] thirty acres of the half earn-

SrantTS of ZOOarrtnglon. 255

left by Mr. Present, I0»; out of an Estate left by Mr. Crook of
Abram, ll'G''; crop of Hay Grassc in [the] Lower Meadows by
H. Piatt, 15'; Int.[crcst] of 50' given by Widow Collier, S'-IO-;
Int.[erest] of 30i, [given] by 3 persons, 10' each, I'-IO; lut.
[ereat] of 100' left by Mr. Wells; Int.[ereat] of money improved
during 8ev.[erai] vacancyes, G'-l**; Int.[erest] of 6' [given] by 2
persons, 6*; for a Sermon on St. Thomas's day, left by The. [mas]
Lythgo, 1'; Manse, 2'.

This Chappell was built and y^ Chap, [el] Yard enclosed an. [no]
1641, by [the] contrib. [utions] of [the] Inhabit, [anta,] the Ground
for y' purpose being given by G. Green, Gent. It was Consecrated
an. [no] 1698.

ehte, bi the limp of K"iTig Henry ; and the suae Bobert, in tho time of King John,
gSTe tiro s<.-re» uid a half to the Hospital, and six acrct to the Abbej of Cokcnwnd. —
Tula de Xeriir, fol. 406. The Mnnor of Ilindlej was gnmtod by Hobert BaDaatre,
BaroD of Newton, lemp. Henry HI, ind Edward I. la Fulco Banaatre, and in the
following reign was the iuheritADce of Lis son Boburt Banastre, who held of John de
Lan^onf huabaad of Ali«, the grantor'^ hcireaa, by honuigo and fealty, ani^ the scr<
rice of a pair of gilt spnni, and the King's seutage, Banaatre alienated the property
to Jordan de Workealej, whoEe daughter and heireH, Margaret, with her hueband,
Thnratan, loa of Richard de Tildesley, contested tbeir right to it with Sir Sobett de
I*nglon. It appearn, howerer, that in the 9th Edward III. Robert, then Baron of
Newton, ion of John de Langton, was neiied of the Uanor of "Hindleigh," and of
twenty meesuagea, twenty gardens, three hundred acres of Und, one hundrDd acres of
meadow, one thousand acres of pasture, two hundred acres of moor, and lOd. rent, &e.
within the same, and levied a Hue of these premises, of one-third of tbc Uanor of
Langton in Leieeateraliire, (Woat Langton, whence this Itunily sprang,) of a carucata
of land in Ilendon in Middlesex, of half the Manor of Golbume, and of premiiea
in Waltau-le-dale ; under which acttlement the junior braneh of Langton, residing at
Lowe, inherited. — Vide lug. p. n. on Bobert Langton of Lowe, in the 37th Eliia-
b«4b. The tenure of the Manor of Hindley as tbea recorded, was of the Baron of
Newton, in froo soccage, by a yearly rent of three pepporcorna for all sorrieo.

A family of the name of Hindley resided in this Township from a rery early period
in uninterrupted succession, until the miildle of the seventeenth century, when tho
Estate is found in (he possession of Janies Dukinfield Esq. a Barrister, who resided
at Hindley Hall. The Hindloys appear to have remained here after hating parted

with their Estate; and Thomas Hindley Qeut. hsTiug married , daughter of

tho Ber, Thomas Whalley M.A. of Hindley, and Mary, his wife, daughter and
coheiroas of William Walker of Loner Place near Rochdale Oent. had two sons,
John Hindley of Hindley Oent. and Mr, Robert Hindley, Rector of Aughton, both
Uviug in the year 1703,

I

n

llotitia CcstrirnaiK.

The Dissentera attempted to seize this Chapp. [el] and to per-
vert y" Gifts and Legacycs to it to different Uses; but after a
long and obstinate Suit, they were cast by y" Bp, who obtained a
definitive Decree in y* Dutchy Court some time before y" Conse-
cration. Reff. [hterj B. [ook,'] 3, p. 233.

An.[no] 1708, some of y" principall Inhab, [itants] and Feof-
fees having pretended to a Right of norainat. [ing] y Curate,
upon farther examination of y" matter, Renounced that Right and
Signed an Instrument to y' purpose, and soe it continues w^kiut
dispute in y* Rect.[or] of Wigan. Reff.[isler] B.[ook,'] 4.

[The] whole yearly vahie an. [no] 1705, 28'G'-7''. Curate's
Ace'- Pap. Reg.

3 m.[iles] from Wigan.
ftnn. Hindley.2

KotDc ^^K tiEtC was a School built here an. [no] 1632, by Mrs. Mary
*(l)noI. ^^ Abram.3 Sal.[ary] to [the] Master, 10' ■6'-6'i, viz. y- School

In tho jcar 1650 tbo InquisJtora rrturaed Hindlej Cliapcl as latclj erected, and
tmildfii upon the I'liarge* of mniiT of tbe InlmbilBiits, at well an of some of the Inbsbi-
tants in Abram and Aspull. Mr. William Williamaon, Hble, godly, aod painful, «ce-
CDted the Cure, and received £80 frooi the Koctor of Wigan, or in defuult the Titbes
of Hindley and Ahram bj order of Parliomeot. The Chapel waa said to be three
nileB and fort; poles from (he Mother Church, nnd ought to be serereil from tbe
Parieb and made iDdependent. — Farl. Inq. Lamb. MSS. Tol. li. Tbo Chapel wai
held in the jeur 1662, bj Mr. James Bmdshait, a PrMbjtcriBU, who bad bBcn
romoTed from tho Eectorj of Wigan by tho lodopendcnls, and who, hating partlj
conformed nfler the year 166S, held tho Chape! of Koinford in Preaoot ; but engaging
in Monmouth's Eebellion, was impriHoned, and ia elaaaed amongst tbe Noncon-
fonnisls. This msD, to the dinbonour of Braseaose, which hod given him more
piouB and sober foundations, took occaaion, before his Patrons at Wigan, to profane
Jeremiah, it. 14, bj attempting to proTc that Lady Derby waa the SMrlet lady of
Babylon! — Hijiofyo/'/i* Sifge of Lathom Hoiue, lG43~t, p. 14. About the time
meutioDed in the text a Meeting Uouse was built for bim at QindloT, which ia now
poaseased by the Unitarians.

Eindley Chapel waa rebuilt in tbe year 17CG, partly by a Brief amounting to
£1,291, and it probably obtained Parochial rights when consecrated by Bishop Strat-
ford in tho year 1638. The Rector of Wigan appoints the Curate,

' Hiudlcy Hall, a mataiTe brick edifice of the last century, was the residenee and
property of Sir Robert Holt Leigh Dart. M.P. for Wigan, son of Holt Leigh of

Oraiitrn of ZHamngton. 257

Closes, 2'; Int.[erest] of 135' in Mr. Langton's hands, ff-lo';
given by Mrs. Duckenficld, 1'; [by] Mr. Crook, ll'-6J.

[The] School [is] Free only to [the] Inhab. [itants] of Hindley
and Abram.

[The] Writings [are] in [the] hands of Mr. Langton.

An. [no] 1627, [an] Inqui8.[ition]'' washeld ab'miscmployment
of money given tow.[ards] the nse of a Free Sehool for Hindley
and Abram. MS. Hutm. 98, a. 16, 50.

Sibtn by Ran.[dal] Collier, W, [the] Int.[erest] to be laid Clurttir*.
out in Linnen Cloth, [and] the Int.[ereBt] of lO" more for
a Dinner for y* Trustees ; by his widow, (Mary Collier, in 1684,}
20> to y« same Use; by Rob.[ert] Cowper, 20"; [by] Edw.[ard]
Green, 10'; left by Mrs. Frances Duckenficld, alias Croston, in
1662, Lands in Mobbcrly in the county of Chester, [worth] 4f
p.[er] an.[num,] for poor, aged, needy, or imi)otent Housekeepers
in Hindley or Abram ; y" share to Hindley, by agreement, 49*
p.[er] an.[num;] 8"-8'i p.[er] an.[num,] out of [the] Charity left
by Guest of Abram to [the] Poor of Wigan Par.[i8h.]

WUtlp}' Hall Eaq. and hi» wife Msrv, daughter and ooheima of Thonuu Owm of
Bi^hwa Ksq. He wm of Christ Churoh, Oifard, grsdualHl M.A. when BCientj
;ean of ag«, crrsled a Baronet bj Patent dat^ Ihp 22d of Mb; 1S15, irith remwDder
to the iasue male of lii: father, none of whom anrriving, on the death of Sir Robert
on the Slst of Jannary 1843, in hii eigh(;-first ;ear, onmarried, the title becune
ntinct. The Ettato are now in the po»e«sion of hie nephew, the Right Hon.
Thomas Pemberton 'Leigh, Chancellor of the Duchy of ComwalL

*"26lh Ang. 1656, Mar; Abraham, late of Abrahun, widow, deeeaSH), lovsrdi
the maintenanee of ■ freo Sehool for the towBahipti of Hindlej- and Abram to be
&WJ hath giTCn £100, and Abraham Ungton of Lowe Esq. hath 50" thereof in
hii handa, and Abr Lanr" of Abnun bath the other 50" ; and 15" ii remaioing in the
hands of .tim Aipul of Hindley, widow, for [the pnrehaw at] one aert^ of ground,
given by Mr Abram langlon and Mr. John Cnlcheth, for the nw of the free Sehool
of Hindley, for eier." — Kmtrdn't MSS. in Chetiam't Library.

The following inicription ■■ npon the School: — "Thi* School wna built by llie
Gift of Mary Abram, widow, whose aoul, I tnut, Iriiunpheth now among the JnBt.
*.D. 163Z."

■ It wa< found by thi* Inquisition, taken at Wigan o
Bi*hop Bridgeman, and other*, that "dtrene yeerm pincc
VOL. II.]

258 jS'Otttta etnttitmin.

Fam. ..!... 486* ^m [ied] 27i.2».8d, viz. 25^, paid by [the]

Diss. M. P. Rect.[or] of Wigan; 2^0».8^, an old Rent from y« House of

Ralph Atherton in y« Town; Surp.[lice] Fees, 2^5 Contrib.-

[utions] from the sev.[eral] Towns, [hips] in y« Chappelry, ab* 16^

p.[er] an. [num.]

Church-rents, 3«-8^ Curate? s Acch an. [no] 1706, Pap, Reg. but
[there was] 20^ p. [er] an. [num] paid by [the] Rect. [or,] as he in-
formed me. 1724.

An.[no] 1310, S' Rob.[ert] de Holland, Patron. MS. Hubn.
95, /. 11, ex cartul. Epl. Cov. et IMchf.

2 Wardens.

3m.[iles] from Wigan; 2m.[iles]from [the] next Chap. [el.]

in the Fansh of Wigan, did lend unto Miles Gerard, late of Inoe Esq. the some of
Fourescore Poundes, in Trust, for the use of a Free School to be erected in Hindlej,"
and the misemployed money was, consequently, after this Inquisition, rightly appro^
priated.

1 Dedicated to St. Thomas ^ Becket. Value in 1834, £136. Registers begin in 1620.

Up-Holland, so called in contradistinction to Down-Holland in the Parish of HalsalL
Before the year 1310 a Collegiate Church was founded here by Sir Robert de HoUand,
but afterwards changed into a Priory of Benedictine Monks by Walter de LangiOD,
Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Sir Robert de Holland was in the wars in Soot-
land in the 31st Edward I. and owed his advancement to his becoming Secretary to
Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Lancaster, for previously he had been but " a Poor
Knight." In the 1st Edward 11. he obtained largo territorial grants from the Crown,
and in the 8th Edward II. was summoned to Parliament as a Baron. He fell into
disgrace with his Patrons, the Earls of Lancaster, and appears to have been murdered
in the year 1328, when his Estates were confiscated, but were restored to his fieunily
before the 4i6th Edward III. and passed in marriage with Maud Holland, his great-
grand-daughter, about the year 1374, to John Lovel, fifth Lord Lovel, of Tichmerah,
K.G. and being forfeited by the attainder of Francis, Viscount Lovel, after the battle
of Bosworth in the year 1485, were granted by Henry VIL to Thomas, first Earl of
Derby. The Manor of Holland was conveyed by sale, in the year 1717, to Thomas
Ashurst of Ashurst in this Parish Esq. by Henrietta Maria, Coimtess of Ashbumham^
only surviviug daughter and heiress of the ninth Earl of Derby, and being sold by
Henry Ashurst Esq. in the year 1751, to Sir Thomas Bootle of Melling and Lathom,
has descended to his representative, the Lord Skelmersdale.

Oranrr; of zaamngion. 259

«W^ nt is a School, built about an.[no] 1667 bv Rob.[crt] Wal- *cliaD(.
S3Bi thew* of Peniberton, Gent, and eodovecl by liim (22d March
1668,) by a messuage and lands in Holland, [of the value] of Sf
p.[er] an.[nuni;] given since by Edw.[ard] Leigh of the Abbey,
5' p.[er] an.[nutn,] Rent Charge; by Jam.[es] Marshall, atW"
p.[er] an.[num,] Rent Charge.

[The] right of Nominat.[ing the] Master and Usher is [vested]
in Mr. MarkJand of Pemberton, heir to Mr. Waltbcw, y" Founder,
V.[ide] Nom. [ination] by 3 Trustees, (Robert Marklanil one,)
aii.[no] 1705. Pap. Reg.

afljctl by Edm.[und] Moliiieux an.[no] 1613, 6'13'.'H «Hiiiill*r«.
secured upon Lands in Essex; by Hpn.[ry] Prcscott, an.-
[do] 1638, 20'; [by] J. Crosse, &-l3'-4^, Beared hy rut Ai-
signment of Ten em" in Leland; [by] Ri. [chard] Walthow, (in

Tills nodi^nt Church, now degraded to a Parocliial Clmpulr;, hut fomwrl; tlio
Cbarch of tho Frioiy of Up-Holkud, was truisferrpd nt the Duiolutioii, tii Iha Inlia-
bitonts of Up- Holland, Onvll, Billingo Higher Knd, Wiiutanlny, uid Uiltuuj anil
th«e TDWiwhipi arc liable to Veep it in repair. It coiuiita ot ■ Toirrr, Nave, Aialoa,
aad Chanecl. The Town- is lov and itrong, anil parlly roramd with Itj, Tha
noblr East Window ia the glorj' of the lacrod ediSeo. All tiiu window! Mnlda •
profusion of stained glass, but brolitm, and irreguUi-ly jumhlod logotlicr.

In Ibe ^ear 1650 the Ecclesiastical Cammisnioncri found thai " tbo rarlaU Church
of Holtaad was fonncrlj a Chapel belonging to the Parifh Churnh of Wlgau, until
b; a Ute Ordiiuui(« of Parliament it was mada a diatiturt Pariah Churohj baTiug
neither Psrsonage nor Vicarage belonging to it, only in the aanw Township tbOTi
i> a Glebe worth 4s. per annum, in Titliu Com £S0, and iinatl Titho 20s. Ut.
Biohanl Baldwin is the Inrainbmt, a rvrj ehim Miniatw, and a man of honasl
li&, but kept not the late Fait daj, and haa fur hi* roaiiilMiaiue tba Olabo, th»
■mall Tithrs, and £12. ISs. 4d. out of the proflU ot the Tithe Corn. The r-iiua
of the lallCT wu knaaij reoeired bj the Barl of Dertij, but la now takn b; the
Agents for SeqoHlration. The Charch is Ihm mile* from Wi(m aad BiUinge, and
Bt to be continued a Vari»ii."^Prtrl. I»q. I^imb. MBB. In Ae jm» I70C Mr. Wdliam
Birohall, the CWate, Hated tbal the ChapH waa AiUHUd by HoUaod vf Hol-
land, and conirertcd in tke nigB of Kdwird 11. from • CaHs^laU OmrA of CmnooM
Senilar, into a Priory oT tW CMsr of M. BfMt, MMMla( of ■ Prior aad Iwah*
Honks. The Tribe* wtn partly laprBfsfatsi to A* Kari of Dsrby, aad Dm tMl
were tn *he Bm«(» of Wicaia, who
ahoot £30 a jrar. waw froM aa Jswitw by the B*-tar M Wlfas

260 ^tttta etnttiamin*

1643,) 13tf, upon Land security; [by] Mrs. Alice Birch, 20", (w«*»
is lost;) [by] J. Guest, 9«-44 p.[er] an.[num,] upon Land; [by]
Th.[omas] Eddleston, W, upon Land; [by] Th.[omas] Barton,
(in 1674,) 3i-6«.8^ p[er] an.[num,] upon Land; [by] A.[nn]
Whalley, 20^, upon Land security; [by] Dr. James Fairdough,
(in 1636,) lOCfi, of w^^ 50* [is] upon Land security, [and] y« other
50* upon a Tenem*; [by] J.[ames] Fairclough, his son, 200*,
[the] Int.[erest] of w^^ before it was paid came to 50^ more, w*'*
sum of 250* is out upon Land Security to Dr. Worthington.

«,£. ilk )ir RJ ^fliPUCT IXJSKlFCitt,^ reckoned about 800* p. Per] an.[num:l

pjrj^A.!o.i3. 4 ■«HBm Curates paid. Patron, [the] E.[arl] of Derby: now

^^^ ^ KH^CM ^^ Ashbumham's daughter, heiresse-at-Law, by her

fmj. •... wj F\<y^ ^ Mother, to [the] E.[arl] of Derby.

[Pftp! Fun. 107]

S*«f*a60 ^°™ *^® People. — Ao^i^m Paroch. Lamb. Libr. The Rector of Wigan is stiU the
Patron.

The Priory was granted in the 28th Henry Till, to John Holcroft Esq. for
£344. 129. with all the demesne lands in Holland, Orrell, Wigan, Markland, and
Pemberton, in the Parish of Wigan, being of the clear yearly value of £18. lis. 2d-
The Priory was afterwards sold to the Bisphams of Bispham and Billinge, from
whom it descended to Sir Robert Holt Leigh Bart, and on his death it becmme
Tested in his kinsman, Thomas Pemberton Leigh Esq.

The Castle of Holland, formerly the residence of the Lords Holland, and which
was fortified in the year 1307, Ist Edward II. by royal license, has long since dis-
appeared.

' Robert Walthew of Walthew House in Pemberton Esq. had issue Elizabeth, his
daughter and coheiress, who married about the year 1647, Ralph Markland of the
Meadows in Wigan Esq. eldest son of Ralph Markland Esq. M.P. and his wife Elisa-
beth, daughter of Giles GJerard of Ince Hall Esq. — See Nichols* Lit. Anecd. toL It.
p. 657.

» Dedicated to St. Oswald. Value in ISai, £3,616. Registers begin in 1563.

At the Conquest this Church wan endowed with two carucates of land. In the
reign of Henry III. Richard, Parson of Winwick, held two parts, and Robert
de Walton the third part of this land. Alure<l de Ince held of the same Robert
four bovates, and Hugh de Haidock three bovatcs of that Church land, in fee
farm. — Testa de JNVr*//*, p. 405. Robert dc Walton was probably Robert Banastre,

Bcantrn of ZZlarrington. 261

Aii.[iio] 1306, Winwiek Vicaria. Patr.[on, the] Priory of St.
Oswald de Nostell. MS. Hulm. 95, I. 11, ar Cartul. Epl. Cov.
ei Litckf.

Biron of KeirtOQ, so named from hia other rwiclemi; aod Manor of Wslton-le-
Dtie.

The Beotor is ttiil ihe UanerUl owner, aud the whole Township of Winwick
belongH to the Church, witb the exception of half an acre which belongs to the Free
School. By the 4th Victoriu, c. 9, this eitensirc Parish was divided, by ■ iplondid
act of liberalitj on the part of the moDiEcent Boctor, and Ihe modern Pariah of Win-
wick, with a reduced Income, and a smaller Hectary Home, cottgtsts of the Town-
ship of Winwiek and Hulmi!, Hoghton and Arbizij, which contained in the jea
IS45, a population of S3S «oals.

The Church of " Wjnen^k" was ralued in the year 1Z91 at £26. 13s. 4d. On the
8th of February 1306, at Cikrlule, John de Bambour^, Pre«byler, was instituted to
the " Vicarage" of Wjnquike, on Ihe presentation of the Prior and Coniont of St.
Oswald of Nostel ; and sfWr bis admitaion he wot sworn to residence within the said
Vicarage. — Xd. 1/3 foL 11 a, in Car. Liehf. On the Itth Ides of December 1»49,
Soger, Bishop of Cotentry and Licbiiclii, addressed a letter from Eccleshall to
GelD>ey de Burgh, " Vicar" of Wynwjk, respecting pensions, ie. and also a pastoral
letter to the Prior and Conieot of St. Oswald of ?{asl«l, the Patrons of Winwiek.—
Lib. 2/3 foL 126, b, ib. On the 10th kaL July 13&7, John de Swynlegb, " Vicar" of
the Church of Wynwyk, w«* presented to the Church of Warrington, by John le
Botyler. — La.2/3M. 1»1, a, it.

A Vicarage do« not apptar to hate been ordained in this Church, notwithstand-
ing these re&rencea to the Vicar of Winwiek : — " ProceMus babitug super refoi^
DuUione certannn rasuranun in Begistro Roger de Xorthbnr. et Walter de Longton
amament. Jlcar. de Wyuiiyi. Dal. apod Ueywoodc 8th KaL Ort. A.D. 1376.
Ordinalio Alnandri Cot. et Licbt. Epi. super did. EccL de Wjnwjk. Dst. Lich. S
non. Hartii tJ>. ISSL—fif^. StrrUan, toL 59, b, ad foL 61, b.

Ifodo* lor Hay and Small Tithe* of the Bectoi;. Bee the esse of Fiocb v.
Maiitera, et. aL Apr. 7, l7St. Bnnburj, 231.— Dncard's Beprrt. of lie. Lamb. Libr.

In tbe year 1433, IZth Henry \i- tbe Priory of SoateU sold Ihe Adiowsoa of
Wiaviek to Sir John Btanley iJ I^lboa K.G. iritli a raerration of wa
pmsion of 100s. to tbe Prior, ratoe which period the living haa been in the nobla
family of Derbr, hsTing daecnded in tbe year I73Z, on tbe death of Lady Hauietta
Bridget, unmarried, to Sir Edward Stanley Bart, who tDoceeded to tbe hantnra of
hi* aiical<n a* the derenth Eari of Derby.

In the year 1334, 8th Edward IIL Bir Oilbcft Haydddi of VwjidiA in thtt Paaisk
finmdad a CliHUry in the Cbordi of Wiawkfc, m appcan 17'^'
Biabop of CoTCDby «>>d LkUsU, la aUdi Cha^ ia tbe yiw IHS, hii
Kr Peter Xj^ of I^BW and n^plocll ptanated a Prieat.

Ob tbe Scnrtk aide ef Iba Vatw m iba I^gh Oa^ ia a Mfialdii

262 fiLOtitiA et»txitn»i».

[The] Chantry of the Trinity in Winwick Church [was] Insti-
tuted by Gilbert Haydock, an. [no] 1334. lb.

An. [no] 1405, Licence [was granted] to Rob.[ert] Langton to

brass, haying incised figures of a male and female, being effigies of Ellen, (who died in
the year 1491,) wife of Sir Peter Legh, and daughter of Sir John Savage Knt. and
also of Sir Peter Legh, Knight and Priest, who died at Lyme on the 12th of August
1527. — Sec niuttrations of Monumental Brastes^ published by the Cambridge Camden
Society, and also Waller's Series of Monumental Braates from the 19th to the 16tk
Century, for engrarings of this beautiful monument.

Robert Banastre, Lord of Makerfield, in the year 1284^ gave to God and St.
Oswald, an annual rent of 12d. on the foast of St. Oswald the King, to procure wax
for the light of St. Mary the Virgin in the Church of Winwick, in consequence of hia
having had permission granted to have a Chantry, or free liberty to hare masses cele-
brated, in his Chapel of Rokedenc. — Dodeworth, yoL cxxxriiL p. 121.

On the North side of the Nave is the Chapel of the Gkrards of Bryn, described in
the year 1492, as " the burial place of their ancestors ;" and on the oak gate is a gro-
tesque and rudely executed carving, exhibiting the crest and initials of Sir Thomas
Gkrard and his wife, —

"T.G. E.G. IN THB YeBB op OVB LoBD M.C.C.C.C.LXXI."

The characters do not appear older than the time of Queen Elizabeth, and the year
was probably intended to be 1571, and the record was designed to commemorate Sir
Thomas Gerard and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir John Port of Etwall. Bainea
concludes it to be the monument of Sir Thomas Gerard, Knight of the Shire in the
17th Richard II. 1394 ! ! and his wife Elizabeth, or Ellen !

In the year 1650 the Commissioners reported that there was a Parsonage House,
Glebe, and Housing, of the yearly value of £161 ; three water Com Mills, worth £90
a year ; the Rents of some Tenements, worth £28 a year ; and the Tithe of Cora,
and Small Tithe, worth £445. 2s. a year. Mr. Charles Herle was the Incumbent<, an
orthodox, godly, preaching Minister, but did not observe Thursday, the 13th of June
inst. as a day of Humiliation. He was presented by the Earl of Derby, who claimed
to be Patron. — Pari, Inq. Lamb. MSS. vol. ii

Crofi, with Southworth, was constituted a separate Parish and Rectory, (for all
Ecclesiastical purposes,) by the 4th Victoria, c. 9, and Christ Church, built there in
the years 1832-3, was made the Parish Church, and endowed with the Tithes of the
Townships of Croft and Southworth. The population in the year 1845 comprised
1,155 souls.

By the 8th and 9th Victoria, c. 6, the Townships of Lowton and Gh>lbome were
constituted a distinct and separate Parish and Rectory. The Chapel of Lowton, built
in the year 1732, and enlarged in the year 1813, was made the Parish Church, and
the Tithes of Lowton were annexed to the Rectory, with a condition in the event of
Qolbomc being hereafter made a Parish. In the year 1846 the population of Lowton
was 2,150, and that of Gh)lbornc 1657. A Church is now rcadv for Consecration in

Oranfru of ZWarringtoti. 203

Lave Divine Service performed in [the] Chap. [el] of Rokcdene in
[tlie] Parish of Winwick. lb.

An.[no] 1551, [the] E.[art] of Derby presented. InBt.\itutian\
B.\pok,1 \, p. 39. An. [no] 1610, D", Mr. John Ryder.^

Golbome, whicli Township will [hLTierforvrard be a seporate Parieb (under tie Win-
met Bwtory Act) endowed with its owo Tithw, oommuted for £IS8 per annum.
The Ctiun-h hss been bniJt bj Bubaeription, prini-ipall; of two manuiactiiniig houao,
the one giTJug £500, tho other £260. The papulation is now newly 2,000.

In the .years 1847-6 the Chancel of Winwick Church was built anew ou the old
foundations, and wsA complelel^ restored in its origiDsl form, and in more Ihaa its
original beauty and propriety.

The old edifice fumiahod isatancw of ererv portion of ebutened Christian arehi-
lecture, eicept the eiact patterns of the tracery of the windows. These were
dealrojed in the wars pf the Commonwealth, and had been replaced in the cosraoat
way, without any regard to rctroapectire art. The date (about tbu year 1370) indi-
cated the en, and certain stone remains in the Eati window suggested the character
of the style (o be aiioptcd. In every other portion of the building the ancient designs
and models which remained hare been accurately followed and replaced. The Chancel
windows are filled with mplendent etoiued glass by Hardman of Binningham, the
Eaf t containing figure* of the Holy ETongelists and Inspired Writers of the Canonical
Epistlee, with appropriate emblems and deiice«; in the other three prindpal windowi
•« *een three sereral emblematical representations of Christ, who is ererywhere in
the Chancel the capital flgnre. The fourth window is "a memorial of a true
son of the Church, a loyal subjeet of the Crown, a fiiilhful soldier of Christ, — one
who died in the canae of his Church, bis Eing and his Country, — one in whom this
ODT Parish chums a personal inlcrest, and with whose blood it is an encouraging
■dmonition to the noble race that springs from him , to bo oUied. James, setcnth
Bwl of Derby, long ■ Christian hero, was gloriSed a« a martyr in a bol; cause.
Hera, where donblleaa, in the days of his fleab, be baa worshipped, and partaken of
the Christian taerifice ; here, fitly we commemorate, by the blatonrj of his armorial
bearinga, that be was the heir of all but Boyal nobility, and by the record of hia last
words, that in Ime and perfect allegiance he woa better vnnoblcd by the King of
kings." — Extract fium a Srmon preacied i» WuHcict CiHrci on lie OptHiiiff
of He A'mt Clmrfk, bg lie Ber. J. J. Hornhy M.A. En^or. (prinl«d, but not
pnhlisbed,) 1848, The Chancel screen is of riehly-coned oak, and the "seats" are
placol stall-wise ; the reredos is elaborately sculptured in Caen skins ; and the ledilia
an of the same, after tbe pattern of the old ones. Tbe Communion Table is of
eairad oak, and the paTement is laid with rich encaustic tiles. Tbe roof is of fine
eamd oak, beaulifolly deieorated with paint and gilding. Tbe stone was obtained
frOM tbe BUvrton Hill quarry, near Eastham in Cheshire.

Tlwaa noble wo^ of laith have been undertaken in a rererent spirit by tbe Sector,
wbo has £sithfuily obserred the command of tbe Church, that ^* Chancels (and

264 ^tftia CtnttitMiiL

[The] Tenants of y« Glebe renew w^ every new Rect. [or,] and
once in 21 y.[ears,] if he continue Rect. [or] soe long.

W* is paid by tenants upon every renewall amounts to a^ lOOO*,
but [the] Rect. [or] is not obliged to renew.

4 Wardens, [and] 4 Assist, [ants,] chosen acc.[ording] to [the]
Canon, who sene for y« 4 quarters they live in, viz. Winwick,
Haydock, Ashton, [and] Culcheth.
difntiif. Winwick-cum-Hulme, Ashton, Culcheth, Lowton, Newton in
Makerfield, Croft-cum-Southworth, Golbome, Haydock, Hough-
ton, Middlcton and Arbury, and Kenyon.
HnXU. Winwick,^ Haydock Lodge,* Byrom,* Kenion,* Culcheth,^ Hol-

Chorches) shall remain as thcj have done in times past ;" and Mr. Pngin would
seem to have caught the unrivalled spirit of the ancient models, and to bare pre-
serred not onlj the architecture, but also the Christian character of this interMting
Church.

' John Kyder D.D. was bom at Carrington in Cheshire, entered of Jesus College,
Oxford, in the jcm 1576, became Rector of St. Mary Magdalene, Bermondsej, near
London, Rector of Winwick before 1606, Archdeacon of Meath, Dean of St. Patrick,
and in the year 1612 Bishop of Killaloe. He was much rererenced for his religion
and learning. He resigned Winwick before the year 1616. Wood gives a list of
some of his Writings. He died on the 12th of November 1632. — Athem, Oxon,
voL L p. 495.

* Winwick Hall is the Rectory House, and has all the marks of being a Manenal
residence.

* The Manor of Haydock was held by Hugh de Eydock, one of the Jorors on
the Ghtfcon Scutage for West Derby, in the reign of Henry IIX. and the superior
Lord was the Baron of Newton. In the 18th Edward III. Gilbert de Haidoc^
the descendant of Hugh de Eydock, had a License for Imparking Haydok, and for
free warren in Bradele. The Manor passed with Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir
Gilbert Haydock, in marriage to Sir Peter Lcgh of Lyme, who died in the year 1422,
and is now the property of his descendant, Thomas Lcgh Esq.

* Byrom Hall b a brick mansion of the seventeenth century. In the reign of Henrj
TI. it was the seat of Henry de Byrom, and continued in the direct line until the
death of John Byrom Esq. when it became the property of Edward Byrom Esq. who
dying unmarried in the year 1724, it descended to his next and only brother, John
Byrom M.A. F.R.S. of Kersall, near Manchester, the poet and philosopher. He was
the younger son of Edward Byrom of Manchester Gent, who married at Bury, on the
19th of April 1680, Dorothy, daughter of Mr. John Allen of Redivales, and whose
son, Edward Byrom Esq. (founder of St. John's Church, Manchester,) dying in the
year 1773, without issue male, the Estate descended to his daughters and coheiresses.

JDtJinrrtf of ZSamngton. 265

eroft,« Old" and New Hall,'" Pesfiirloiig," Rislev,'* Soiitliworth,''
and Peel'* of llonghton.

"^1^^ l)C School here was huilt an. [no] 1618, hy S' Peter Legh of ^tljaaL
ir^ Lime, and by him and Walter Legh, (his great uncle,)
jointly endowed w'^" 201 p. [er] an. [nnm,] w*"" is now augmented
to 341 p-[er] an. [nam] by y" pre8.[ent] Mr. [Peter] Legh of Lime,

AuQ and Ekanora. The hllor died munBrrii'd in thi- yttit 1336: and Ibe former
murinl in the yvat 17S>), Ucnrr Alherton of the Middle Temple Esq. by vbom #lie
tuul two daughWT?, Hist Elcanun AttMTton, now of Kemll OUj and LucT, who
■uiTied on tbe 17th of Jul; 1819, Bichud nUlij ofHilnuad Park E*q.

* Emiaii Hail it a hoiui! of the Hn-mtrenth renturj, mrntlj enlarged. Jordan,
•on of William de Laoton, held the Manor uf Eenioii, and ws« rallnl Jordan dp
Kmoai, asd Heniy m. and ISIb and 20th Edward I. Amrria, daughter and heire»
of Adam de Kmj'on, married in the jisr 1358, Sir Richanl UoUand of Denton in
the conntj of Lancaater, and convejcd the Manor to her htuband, in whoec male
deaeendanta it eontinued antil it puMd in marriage about the jeor IGSS, with
EHiabeth, [who ob. 31«t Haj 1701,] daughter of William, and sole sister and
bcircM of Edward Holland of Uuafon and Denton Esq. Co Sir John Egerton of
WrioehiU Bart, [who ob. 4tb Not. 1729, aged serentj-tbrep,] whose desocndant,
Elaasor, daughter and bdrcu of Sir Thomat Gre; Egerton, lirjt Earl of Wilton,
baring marriod Robart, fint Uan|ne» of WettmiDcti-r, the Manor is now in the
poueaaioQ of bi> Lordabip'a Mcond ton, the Bight Hon. the Earl of Wilton.

} Culcheth waa bdd in the time of King John hy Henr; de Culchetb, who gare, bj
Deed, all hi« landa in Hindlc; to bi« eldnl ion, Richard de Colchethj and his de-
•ooodaiit, Gilbert de Oukbeth, arcording lo Dr. Whilaker, left two, but anwrding to
•n original Deed among the Culcheth Paper*, four daughters and eoheiresac*, one of
whom, Margaret, married William de Radeljflu of Eadcljffe Tower, who, in hm
right, WM Hcud of Cnh'heth 20lh Edward I. Tbe Manor appears to hare been sold
in the £th of Queen Etiiabctb, by Sir Thomas Radclilfe, K.Q. grandson of Robm
BadclilTe, Baron Filiwattcr, to John Cnlehelh Esq. He was desoeaded from Mar-
gery, elder danghter and coheirea* of Gilbert do Culebeth, who married in the jm
1S72, Bicbsrd de Culcheth, son of lloj^h de llindli7. Tbe bmil; was much harassed
and (ererelj fined bj the Bepoblican porty in the serenteenth century, and for some
jetr» reduced to dependeney on their fiicnds, but recorered some of their property
at the Bestoration. On the death of Thomas Culoheth E«q. s.p. about I he beginning
of the last eentur;, (after the year 1725,) tbe Estate patsed lo his aunt, Katherine,
llftb and youngest daoghtT ol Thomas Culehelh E»q. She married in tbe je«r 168S,
idiB Traflord of Oroston Esq. and oonTeyed the Estate to bioi. It is now the pro-
perty of Ellameit Withington E*q. having been purehasnl by Ills lather.

* Hideroft was obtained in marriage iu the reigri of Edward 1, by Tbouiai, second

VOL. II.] M M

2G6 flotitiA ffffttriciiBUi.

(an. [no] 1719,} wlio nominates y Master, v.[ide] Noni.[in«tion]
an. [no] 1705, and an.[no] 1696, Fap. Rerj.^^

There ia a Charity School lately built for 20 poor Children.
Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1719.

, RQSR ftJCn by J. Guest, GO', of yi'^ 6' was spent in y" recovery of
on! it; by Rich.[ard] Sherlock D.D. late Eectour, by Will
dated 14th June 1689, 201'-10'-00'', (the sum was i;235 in 1698;)
[by] Joh [n] Brotherton, 45i ; piy] Mrs. Barbara Visitelli, 20",

too of Hugh dft Hindlej, (nbo usurood thci name of Holcroft,) with one of (he four
oohoirMstM of Gilbert de Culchct ii. It voe Iho Knt of Sir Joha ilolcrofl, the mpmo-
mble nod raneoroua epoliBtor of ChuTfh propwtj in tho lime of Hpnry TTTT. The
uiiholluwed Tiolenco of this suL'ccsBtul Court minion was short lifed. By injustiw
kad Titnponition, Iin added to his paternal Kttste; but the ndditione wore nnhsppj,
and tho wlio1« Estate Boon piuscd from bis fomi^. Tho house, which u a rIods
fabric, ia now o«capied bj a jeoman.

* 01<1 Hcj Hall wa« long the residence of a futiil; of t«spoclable geotiy of tho daidp
uf Brotherton, who recorded n Pt-digrce of ■ few deecents nt the last VUitatioD. The
property wm sold bj Mr. Brotherton nt tlie beginning of the present century to
Thomas Legh of Lyme Esq. Dr. C. Loigb notices several curious eiperinicDts in
Natural History by Thomas Brotherton of Iley Esq, in the year I67I. — Book ii,

'" Ne« Hall was built by the Launders ahont tho year 1692, and was purehiupd by
Bir William Oemrd, the eleventh Baroni'l, who died in the year 1S26, auil is now (hu
residence of his nephew and successor.

" Pesfiirlang Hall ■■ now a fikrm house. Adam, third son of Ilogh do Hindley,
obtained Pesfikrlong, and assumed the Buruamc, hj marriage wilL one of the four
daughters and coheiresMB of Gilbert de Cnlcheth. It waa the property of the Bam-
fords in the time of Queen Eliiabeth, The prcBcnt owner ia William 8. Staudisb of
Duibury Part Esq.

" II appears from tho Culcheth Pcdigrw, accurately deduced and subslontiatod by
Deeds, that in tho early part of tho reign of Edward I. Robert, fourth aon of Hugh
de Hindley, who had obtained lands from Robert Banaatrc, married one of the
four daughters and coheireases of Gilbert dc Culcheth, and having obtained Eieley
tritb hia wife, asaumed that aumamo. The Estate continued in that liunily until the
last century, when it waa sold by John Biseley Qcnt. and is now held by John Ireland
Blaokbume Esq. — Lane. MSS. vol. niv.

" Bouthworth wa« a Manor held of the Baron of Newton by Gilbert Solhworth
in the lOth Edwanl II- and bis son, Sir GilbiTt, before 6th Edward III. having mar-
ried the daughter and heiress of Kicholaa de Ewjas, Lord of Samlesbnry, appears to
hare mode the latter place his chief rosideuee. The Manor of SoulhwortU was in tho

fieaner? of ZRarrington. 267

(and for Coramuuion Plate, 201;) [by] Tho.[ma8] Firths 2'10«;
[by] Tho.[mas] Brotherton, 2'. For all w^"" money there are six
Feoffees iu Trust. William Leadbeater, in 1685, gave hia Estate
Iq Lowton and Golborne to the Poor. In 1712 Nicholas Turner
gave 20> a year, in linen.

^ffS»ar®N,' Certif.[ied] li.l2'-0(>', ^^-^- ^
^^S viz. 1' for fanl Amiiv. rersaryl Scr.- [Bhoutw.i

™^^ ■- -' •- •'-' Pap. M.

[mon;] 12», Int.[erest] of or given by sev. [oral] persona; but the [about lou.j
Rect.[or] being obliged to provide for it, allows the Curate 50'
p.[er] an.[num;] and the Inhab.[itants] have Subscribed 7' p. [er]
an.[num] for a Curate, to reside among y", and read prayers
ev.[ery] Wcdnca. [day.l Fryday, and Holiday.

pcMMsaioa of Sit John 9outliworth, no intractable eubject of the State, in the begin-
ning of Queen Elizsbcth'o leign, (Whilakcr's WheUIeg, p. 431, Note,} and aliio of his
grandgon, John Soulhworth Esq. who died in the ISth JamCB I. ; but was olicnaEed
b; Thomaa Southworth before the 11th Charle;) I. Haviag psseed through nuuij
bandu, hj punrhaso and saie, it is now the property of John Qroenail of Middleton
Esq. SouthwoTth Hall existed in the time of Uenrj VI., and in the reign of Queen
Eliiabeth eontained a Roman Catholic Chnpel. It is now a farm house, of wood,
plaster, and brick.

" Peel Hall within Houghton, was huld b; the Sonthwortha sa of the Barouj of
Newton, and coutinued in the poescesion of the family nt tbo death of Sir John
SoDthworth in the 39th Elizabeth. It appears to hare been sold, with Southworth,
bj Thomas Bouthworth Esq. who married Ann, daughter of Sir Thomas Tildesluy of
UfTord, and dic?d in the year 1636. The Estate is uaw the propert; of John
Gtreenall Eaq. The HaU has bwn removed, but the moat and a deep well remain to

I' This Btatement varies from that of the Charity Commissioners in their ZWi Seporf
in the joar 1828.

' Dedicated to St. Thomas. Talue in 1834, £181, Registers of Baptism begin in
I6B6, and of MarriBgos in 1712.

A*hton-in-Makorfield, or in the Willows, is the most populous township in the
Parish of Winwick. lu the reign of Oonry III. Alan la Brun held here two boraUs
of land of Sir Henry dc Liv, who was Sheriff of Lancufhire in the years 1374 and
1282. The Manor psaieii in mnrriage with Jonn, doufiliter and heiress of Sir Peter
de Bryn, to William Gerard Eiq. in the reign of Edward III. and hif drarendnnt.

268 ^tttta CeKtrintKiK.

This Chappell was rebuilt an. [no] 1716, upon S' W. Gerard's
ground, (as His said,) who Has let a lease of y« Chap, [el] yard.
ttAlli. Bryn,2 Garswood.^

t^oal. 21^^ tt this Chappelry there is a Free School, Built by Rob.[ert]
|Qq§ Birchall, Yeoman, (in 1588,) for teaching English and Latin,
and Endowed by Him w^^ 60^, afterwards increased and laid out
in 1629 in a house and land [of the] val.[ue of] 8^ p.[er] an.
[num,] to w<^^ is since given by sev.[eral] persons, 200*, [the] Int.-
[erest] Itf .6« p.[er] an. [num.] Ded.[uct] 2* from y« whole for
Taxes, to [the] Church, and Poor, and Lord's rent. The Nom.

Sir Thomas Gerard, in the tenth generation, was created a Baronet in the year
1611. The Manor is now held by Sir John Gkrard, the twelfth Baronet, Sheriff of
Lancashire in the year 1835.

The Chapel was in existence in the year 1577. In the year 1650 Ashton was
returned as being four miles, one hundred and thirty- two poles, and two yards from
the Parish Church. The Minister was Mr. James Woods, a very godly preacher, but
he did not keep the last Fast, "for he had no orders." He received the Tithes of Ash-
ton, being worth £120 a year, by order of the Committee of Plundered Ministers,
" and came in by the free election of the whole town." He had also a donation of
98. 6d. paid by John Humfiryson. It was recommended to be made a separate Parish
Church. — Pari. Inq. Lamb. MS8. vol. ii. Baines mentions that the edifice was
rebuilt in the year 1715, which is a year earlier than the date in the text ; that it
was enlarged in the year 1784, and again enlarged in the year 1816. The latter date
should be 1815.

By the Act 8th and 9th Victoria, to amend the 4th Victoria, c. 9, entitled *' An
Act for the Division of the Bcctoiy of Winwick," it is enacted that from the 2l8t of
July 1845, that part of the Township of Ashton-in-Makerfield called the Town End,
and the whole of the Township of Haydock, shall form a separate Parish and Vicar-
age, to be called " the Parish and Vicarage of St. Thomas, in Ashton-in-Makerfield,**
and that the present Church of St. Thomas in Ashton shall be the Parish Church,
and be endowed with the Tithes of Haydock.

By the same amended Act, the whole of the Township of Ashton, except the Town
End, is constituted a separate Parish and Rectory, and the Church of the Holy Tri-
nity, built in the year 1837, is made the Parish Church of Ashton-in-Makerfield, and
endowed with the Tithes of that Township, charged with a perpetual payment of £60
per annum to the Vicar of St. Thomas's, which was heretofore charged upon the
Tithes of the Rectory of Winwick. The Rector of Ashton to be the Patron of St.
Thomases.

- Brju Hall was visited in the latter part of the lubt century by Mr. Barrett, the

Orancrg of SCtarrinQton. 269

[iaation] of the Master U, by [the] Founder's Will, in 12 Feo-
ffees, the most snbstautiall men of the Lordship. The Writings
are kept by them in a Chest, made for that purpose.

fi|^ abm ISirc^on. in 1588, gave £l-i; 1620, James Eyrom, Cfjarititi.
^^ £5; 1636, Mr. Charles Herle, .620; 1647, Tho.[mas] Hey,
£10; Tho.[mas] Harrison, in 1692, gave ^650, [the] Int.[ere8t]
to buy grey woollen cloth, to be made into Coats called Jumps,
edged down the seams with Red, and with a Red Cross upon the
right shoulder, to be dealt yearly, at the bouse he then inhabited
in Astiton, to the most poor and aged men and women. James
PiMngton devised his lands in Blackley, in 1671, for binding poor
apprentices.

gKlttlC|3aiaffi».' Certif.[ied] y' t
@H nothing belongs to it but [the] Int.-

[ercst] of 50'. The Reet.[or] allows y" Curate 50' p.[er] an.-

[niim.] Not known who gave y^ 50'.
5 m.[Ucs] from [the] Par.[iah] Church.

ManchoalCT antiquary, who diwcribwl it u in ruiiia. A sjmoioui court-yard wa«
upproftchod bj a bridge otct a moat with a gat«-hou»e. Ovor the cotraiicohall
uhinmry were the arnu of Eaglaad of thu reign of JameH 1. On one aide of tbo hall
wn B rnihxi gallci; supported bj double pillara in the front of pilaat«ni, forming
open arches, or pnesagm to the Torioun roomi. The pillars and orchei wurs richly
nrred, but the wood waa docBjed by ago and moixCure. Some pointed glau remained
in the vindoWB of tbe aga of Henry YIII. ; and s prirate Chnpcl, in tho hotue, was
then UMd by the neigbbouriag Roman Catholics. 9ir William Gerard Bart, resided
bere at the beginning of the eighteenth century ; but the house vaa shortly oftor-
wanU doHTted.

' OarBWood JTbU, iiith a Domntia Cbapol, oaa the leat of Sir Thoma* Gerard, tbe
eighth Baronet, in tbe last century ; but it wb» taken dovn about Olty years ago,
wben Now Hull waa purohaied.

■ Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1834, £101. Bogislera begin in 1691 — 1699.

Tbo New Oiureh in Culeheth raiat^d ahorlly after tho Bcformation, aud Sir Jolin
Holeroll of Holerofl nenr. KnI. by Will dated the 2rt of December 1BB9, laja, "I will
that if tbe leoanle of Cutchelh purcbaee ti' xiil' iili' of tuuil lo be made eucr for ever,

270 fifititUi etntxittmin*

g^t^aol. ^Sm Sbt^OOU^OMt in Culcheth on y« Common^ built by John

Guest of Abram.

€inxitM. H^ Oliam SbmiOi of Culcheth, gave by Will in 1626, £60;
SisS Bichard Garton, in 1670, gave £5 a year.

to hyer a pryst with, and that he shall haye for his wages vi^ xiii* iui^, and the Clarke
XT", then I wyll and gyre towards the same my best Cheane of €K)ld; and in case
that they wyll bye no land, then I gyre them x" of money towards y* hyering of a
Pryst." — LcMc. MSS. It was rebuilt in the year 1743, (Baines says 1733,) by sub-
scription, and a Brief to defray the expense was obtained in the year 1742. In the
year 1691 the pious and apostolic Bishop Wilson was the Curate of this humble
foundation. Bishop Cartwright, on the 10th of February 1687, gave a license to
Thomas Wilson B JL Deacon, to be Curate of Newchurch in Winwick, upon Dr.
Sherlock's letter. — IHanfy p. 31. See Note 4, p. 160, Notitia CeHrienriSy voL L The
Tower was rebuilt a few years before Bishop Wilson's appointment to the Curacy,
and is now in its original state ; and the Communion Plate and Table, hallowed by
his use, also remain.

The Committee of Plundered Ministers recommended, and the Parliament ordered
on the 2d March 1646, that £40 per annum should be paid out of the Tithes of Cul*
cheth, sequestrated from John Culcheth Esq. a Papist and Delinquent, for the increase
of the maintenance of the Minister of the Chapel of Newchurch in Winwick, there
being but £5 a year belonging to the said Chapel. After wrongfully depriving the
brothers and sisters of Mr. Culcheth of these Tithes, which had been settled by their
&ther, John Culcheth senr. Esq. by Deed dated the 14th of July 16th Charles, 1640^
on his younger children, this plundering order was rescinded on the 29th of August
1648, although the grossly injured parties did not receive the benefit of the tardy and
reluct-ant justice which was done them until the year 1650. — Culcheth Paperty Lame,
MSS, vol. xxiv.

In the year 1660 Mr. William Leigh was the godly and painful Minister of Cul-
cheth Chapel, but had not observed the Fast on the 13th of Jime. He received
£3. 19s. 9d. as a donative, but the donor was unknown, from Jefirey Holcroft Esq.
Ellis Hey, and Thomas Bichardson, as Trustees ; and £40 from the Sequestrations of
Derby Hundred ; and £10 a year from Mr. Herle, Parson of Winwick. The Tithe of
Culcheth was worth £63 per annum, but sequestered, owing to the delinquency of
John Culcheth Esq. who claimed it by prescription, "as we conceive." Fit to be
made a separate Parish, being four miles and a Quarter and two poles from Winwick
Church. — Pari, Inq. Lamb. MSS. vol. ii.

By the Winwick Rectory Act of the year 18-15, the Townships of Culcheth and
Kenyon are constituted a distinct Parish and Rectory, to be called "the Parish and
Rectory of Newchurch," and not to be a Vicarage ae originally intended, and so
made by an Order in Council, dated the 28th of November 1844. The Rectory is

Ccinrrr of ZSlarnngton.

MjSiEeaZ'eX,' Certif.[icd] aS'.OD-.OOJ,
'S39B "Z- Pens. [ion] out of y* Dutcliy, set-
tled by Edw.[ard] &\ &l'-7^; R^nt of Common or Waste
grounds in Newton, inclosed by Rich.[ard] Legb of Lime and y"
Charterers of the Borough, an. [no] 1684, V^ is now {an. [no]
1718,} 25'p.[er] au.[num;] Int.[cre3t] of 215' given by sev.[eral]

endowed witli tht? Tithes of Culcheth uid EenfOQ. In the jesr 1B45 llie former
coDUined 2,193, and the laltiir 323 souk.

' Bcdicfttod 10 St. PntCT. Value in 1834, £114. B(^ten begin iu J735.

Kewton in Mskirfipld, or Kewton ia the WUIowb, gavo name to one of tlie Iliin-
dreda of Liiu[»«!ure before the Coiiquedt and the dUtinctioQ was retained after Ibe
Norman Survej ; but Hubsequentlj this Hundred, vitb the Dcighbouring one of War-
riogton, merged into that of West Derbj. Eoger of Fojelou was (he first superior
Lord afloT the Conquest i but at the date of Domeeilay, his lands were in the King's
hands. In the time of Henij II. wo find Robert Banastro inTestml with the Mak^T-
field fee, otberwiBe the Baron; of Newton, probably by grant of the Earl of Chester,
who bad succeeded to a large portion of Earl Bogcr's possessions in these parts.
The descents of the family of Banastre ore given in a Note at p. 113 of the CouflKr
Boot of Wltallry, voL i. Cubthak SociBir'a publieatioos. Bobert Banastre, the
loot BarOD of that name, died about the I4th Edward I. and his son, James Bauostn^
hod iisne a daughter aod hnress, Alice, who married (1) John de Byron, by whom
she appears to ha«e had no issue ; and (2) Sir John de Langeton, who, in the 29th
Edword I. obtained Charters for Markets, Fairs, and Free Wonen in Newton and
Walton-le-Dale. The Langtons continued to hold the Barony of Newton, in unin-
lermpted succeteion, until the death of Sir Thomas I^uigton K.B. in the year 1601.
His grandlather. Sir Thomas Langton, having made a settlement of his Estates to
the eiclnsioQ of (ho issue of his second wife, Ann, daughter of Thomas Talbot, a cadet
□f tbe Tolbots of Solesbuiy, the Barony then passed to Bichord, grandson of
John Fleetwood of Penwortbam Esq. who hod married Joan, the eldest daughter
of the first Sir Thomas Langton Ent. Sir Thomas Fleetwood, the second Baronet,
sold tbe Barony of Newlun to Richard Legh of Lyme Esq. who died in the joor
1687. Henrietta, sole daughter of Thomas Fleetwood Esq. and grand-daughter and
heirMs of Sir Richard Fleetwood, the third Baronet, eonreyed other Estates in mar-
riage to Thomas Legh of Bank Esq. younger brother of Peter L^h of Lyme Esq. and
great-grandfather of Thomas Legh of Lyme Flsq. the present Baniuiol owner.

The original Chapel of Newton is snpposed to hare been known by the name of
Bokedcn, and to hare been situated where the present Church stands. In February
1284, Richard, (de Warertree, who died in tho year 1281,) Prior of St. Oswald of
Noitell, granted to Sir Bobert Banastre, and bit heirs, in consequeoce of his distanre

372 ^otitia (TrBtriraBin.

persons, 10'-15'; besides which the Rect.[or] allows 20" p.[er]
an. [num.]

An.[no] 1620, Curate admitted, "ad Curam, aive Locu pnedina-
toris perpetui, in Cap. de Newton." Snb»cr.[iption] B.look] that

froni the HothoT Church, a License to haro a Chantr; in hie Chspct of Roknlpat!
within the FariBb of Winvick, taring all the rights of the Motber Churrh, and em-
powering the " Vic»r" of the aajno, for tbu lime being, lo auapcnd the Chaplain of
RokedcD if he ihonld withboM the accnstomod rights and obTcntione. — Dodsworth'a
MSS, vol. oixxriiL p. 432. For this privilege Sir Robert Duuutro gave an annuit;
of 12d. towards the Light of St. Mary the Virgin in the Mother Chureh of Wtowiek.
See p. 26S.

The licence was renewed on the 12th of December 1405, when the Bishop of loeh-
Geld, Iben nt Eccleihall, granted to Sir B«bert dc Lnngton, Boron of Newlon, tbc
pTiTilege of having diTino ofliccs celebrated before him and other (oithrul CIiristiAns,
in the Chapel of Bokeden within the Parish of WiDwick, b; Bt Chaplains, without
entailing any burden on the Mother Church. — Lili, v. fol. 157, in Cur. Licif.

The Chapel of Bokcden does not appeor to hare aupersedcd the supposed uecesailj
of haring on Oratorr in the Manor House of Newtiin, as an Episcopal LiocDce for
that purpose was obtained for three years on the 6th Ides of April 1367. — I&. fol.
16, a, ib.

In the year 1650 it is atylcd "an antient Chappell," two miles &om the Pariah
Church, and fit to be made a Pajisb of itself. There was a stipend of £3. Is. 7d. pet
annum, paid out of the Duchy of Lancaster; and a donation of £SO per annom,
given by Mr. &cbard Blackbumc, lalo of Newton, for a Preaching Minister. The
Tithes of Kowton were raluod at £60 per annum ; and £63. Is. 3d. was lately re-
ceived by Mr. Thomas Norman, deceased, as his Salary. The Minister was Mr. Tho-
mas Blockbome, who came to the place by the general consent of the whole Chapeliy.
He was o Preaching Minister, and supplied the Cure diligently, but did not obserre the
tost Fast. He had £23. Is. Td. as his Salary. — Port. 2ng. Lamb. MSS. vol. U. The
Chapel was rebuilt by Richard Legh of Lyme Esq. H.F. eldest son of the Rev. Tho-
mas Legh, Rector of Scflon and Walton, (who died in the year 1639,) and his wife
Lctlice, daughter and coheiress of Sir Qoorgo Calveley of Lea. Mr. Legh, succeeded
his UDcte, Francis Legh Esq, in the Estates, and dying the SOth of August 1667, was
buried at Wtnwick. By his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Chicbeley of
Wimpolo in tbc county of Kent, he bad Isene Peter Legh Eeq, his heir,

Baines states that the Chapel was rebuilt in the year 16S2, which date disagrees
with the text, the accuracy of which muy probably be relieil on, although the Chapel
was stated to be small and ruinous in the year 1630, and elTorts were then mode to
enlarge and rebuild it. It was not consocratcd, however, in the year 1686, as Bishop
Cartwright records, Dciiiuber 14th : — "1 received n Letter from Mr. Li'gh of Lime
that his Chapel cuutd not be ready for Cuneccraliou <ill m,v return from London,

Sfancvr of Z^amngton. 273

[A] Borough Town^ aud Market by Charter from Edward 1, but
[the] Market is uow diacontiimed.

[The] Chap, [el was] rebuilt by Mr. Legh of Lime an. [no]
1684; the old Chap.[cl] joined to y* Court-house, and had a door
open.[ing] into it,

Newton Hall.^ ftaR.

^SW 1l-[no] lG4fi, John Stirrup built a School here upon a small ^ctiaol.
!^S parcell of Barren Land, and soon after dying, left y* Int.
[ercst] of 50' to a Master, in y" hands of Mr. Lcgh of Lime.
Nothing else belongs to it. The Town rhoosc y* Master.

jl^^ n 1634 James Low, and others, gave for the Poor's Stock, daiitici.
ra^73.

bocaaic of tho Lord Derbj'a not b^ng there, who u Patron of Wigsu, (Winwick,)
and mosl coDaent to it." — Z>ury, p. 18. In June 1687, the Bishop vrote to Mr.
Richard Legh of Ljnio about the Chapel coQBepralion. — p. 59. ThomM Legh Eaq.
H.F. Eidarged tho Chapel in the Tcsr 1S19, and it «Be Btill further enlarged aocl im-
proted in tho year 183S. Bj an Order in Counril. dated the 3d of February 1846, a
diatriet vat lusigned to this Chapel, and all Eoclesinstioal rights allowed and con-

B; the 4th Tictaria, c. 9, intituled "An Act for the Division of the Sector; of
Winwiek," it was enacted that the Toitnship of Newton b Mnkerfield should be«»ma
■ distinct Parish and R«rtory, and that the Church of Emanuel, (built in the jcor
1811,) should be thenceforth the Parish Church, and bo endowed with the Tithes of
that Township. The population in the .vesr 1845 amounted to S.lSe.

Leiand describes the pbiM as " Newton on a Brooke, a htle pooro Market, whereof
Mr. Langton hath the name of bis Baraaj." The Market harbg bei-n long disused,
the ancient and chartered pririlcge was some jours ago rcriTcd,

' This was not amongst the ancient lAncsshire Parliamentary Boroughs, as the
cnlictt ciercisc of the eUctivo privilege was in the jear 1558, and tho right was taken
•waj bj the 2d William IV. cap. 45, eomroonlj called the "Eofonn Act."

* The Baronial Mansion of Newton bss entirely disappeared, but its site must hare
been on the same eminence where the Churoh and Parsonage House now stand. Sir
Robert do I^ngton in the time of Edward III. obtained a Licence lo embattle it,
[kenieHare.] The period of its demolition is unknown, but some vestiges of the
ancient matfrials are supposed to hare existed until a reoenl period. Newton Hall
is the properly of Thomas Legh of L^me £tq.

VOL. II.] N N

Beanrp of Blacbburn,' in S.aiuasl)ire.

M'i "^^^^^^n lacs-Bijaasii,' .bout vm p.

I. 0. ».io WS^ft^WH^^^'^^ of Lincoln, Grandson to John, the

^'whoie »il^V^«la|l|^a|l«is^^ Founder of Stanlaw Mon.[astery,]

''tii"i^ (i^Qefl^iHlMHIs'S^ ^^™ y* medicty of this Cliurch to

aja's^ ^^^"S^^^B^S^^cSW "'** Mon. [asterj-,] and Edmund Mb

'****''■ ^JraKlTiT-'^S^^^^^Q^ s<iD, gave the other mcdiety. I).[ug-

'v2V^^^»/''^'3J^ dale's] Mon.[asticon,'] v. 1, p. 906,

An. [no] 1555, [a] Vicar [was] presented by K,[ing] Ph.[ilip]

and Ci.[ueen] Mar.[y.] Inst.[itftHon} B.look,} 1, p. 47. Ever

since by [the] Ap of Cant.[erbury.]

' This Deanery appears to hsTO been nt an earlj period on indopcndcnt Shire, being
called Bluckburnahiro ; but it is now, and hm long been, rL-cagniiiHl u odd of the
seven Uimdrcda of LnncnBhlre.

■ Dedicated to St. Maiy. Yalue in 1834, £SU3. Bcgietere begin in 1600.

According to tbo Siatut de Blagbormliire, there wiiB a Church at Btackbnm, the
chief toim of the Shire, in the jcar 596, — in the aiith century after the inlroduction
of Chrietiamt; into this coontry. The Manor was held by Edward the ConfesBor,
and granted bj William the Conqueror to Bogcr de Poictuu, from vhom it passed to
his mveiie tenants, Soger de Busli and Albert de Qrealct, and shortly aClerwards
became tested in (he Crown, owing lo the attainder of Kogcr, the chief Lord. In
Ihe year IIBO Henry do Bhwkbume, Clerk, held the Manor and Church as they hod
been held by GamaUel, Gilbert, and John, three of his proJet'ogBors by hereditary
BUCceBBion, being Bmerud during the ciistoDoe of the Deanery from the original
Pariah of Whalloy. This elerioal Mnnerial owner hnd two sons, Richard and
Adam, bctvreon whom the property was divided in equal moieties. Roger, the
son of Adam, sold hia moiety to John dc JLiii-y, Earl of Lincoln, who, in the year

Srantrn of liUrttbare. 375

An Award [was made] cone, [eming] an Oratory or Chap.[e!]
in this Church, 10 Jam.[es] 1 ; [and] confirmed by y BP an,[no]
1617. Reff.lUler] B.[ook,] 2, p. 342, 344.

The Right of choosing the Par.[ish] Clerk adjudged to Alex,
[ander] Osbaldeston Esq. accord. [ing] to ancient custom, an. [no]
1662. Tteff.[uter] B.[ook,] 3, p. 10.

The Vicar names j-" Curates of all y* Chappells.

In Balderaton, [the] Inhah. [itants] pretend to pay a prescrip-
tion Rent in Lieu of all Tyths.

Given to this Church by A""? Juxon, bevoud the old Pension
of 26'-13'-4^, 701 p.[er] an.[num.] Kennett of Impro]).[rialions,^
256.

1161, SMigned half of tho Advowson lo the Abbey of Slanlaw, as be had previously
giien, kbouf the jrar 1230, the other half of hiii moiet; to tbtr samo nJigioiu house.

The other modietj of Hcnr; do Blackbume's Estate deoocnded from Eichard to
bu >on Adam, vho left two daqghtera and coheireeava, Agnoa, the wife of Daiid de
Ilultoii ; arid Bratrio!, the wife of William de Hulton. From Richard, son of Darid
and Agnei, this portion of the Manor, which had absorbed the pricllcgvs, pnascd ia
the 8tb Edward III. lo Robert, younger son of Richard de Radcliffe of BadeliOb
Tower, and bota his Cimity to tbc Bartoni, Erst of Holme, ajid aflerwardi of
SmithiUs. In the screnteenth eenturj it was eonvojed with the hoiroaa of that
family, to Eeory, first Tisconnt Fauconbcrg, whoso descendant, Thomas Bellaiyi,
sold it in the year 1721, to William Baldwin, Htmry Feilden, and William SudeU,
Ovate, for £8,650. the "ao entitled" Manor remained in the representatives of
th«c three &miIicB nnt'd the whole is said to have become vested, by eubsequont
purchase of the romaining shares, in Joseph Feilden of Witton House aod John
Feildcn of MoUington Hall Esqrs, i the latter being grwidaou, and the former great-
grandson of Henry Feilden Qent. aboTe named, and of his wife Eliaabeth, daaghter
of Mr. SudeU. It will be observed that in the text "the Archbishop of Canterbury,
and the ancestor of Lord Fauconberg, about one hundred years ago," via. in the
year 1617, "are recognised as the two Lords of this Town," The Manor is still a
dependency of the Honor of Clithoroe, and pays an acknowledgment to the mpcrior

The Rectory of Blackburn, " together nnqueetionnbly with half the Manerial
rights u well as half the ancient Manerial demiMnes of the town of BlaoVbum,"
eontinned part of the possessioDS of the Abbey of Wbalky until the ymr 1537, when,
on the attainder of Abbot Paslew, they passed to the Crown, and were given, inter
■lia, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, along with the Advowsou ot the VioBiago, in
•lehangH for other Manore and Advowsons belonging lo that Be*, in the jau 1M17-
See yolilia Cnlrienni, vol. ii. part i. p. 130, Note 18.

276 flotitia CeatritnBiB.

The Vicar, [age] house was rebuilt by Fran.[cia] Price, Vicar,
and 3^ building [was] approved by y Bp [in] 1680. Rerf.[isler]
B.[ook,'} 3, p. 96.

Patron and Tmprop. [riator, the] iV'P of Canterbury.

About 100 years agoe the A''P of Cant, [erbnry] and the auces-
tour of L'' Falconbcrg, the 3 Lords of this Town, agreed to
enclose y Common Lands, and tlie Vicar, aa Charterer, had 22
Acres for his share, if'^ are now iu possession of 5 tenants, who
pay only 12-' an Aci'c p.[er] an.[num] to y« Vicar, «'•> they call
a Preicriptire Rent; but 'tis said they have alwayes paid small
Fines at y" death of every Vicar or Tenant, and all of them paid
the present Vicar Fines at his coming in : But y" person to whom

Tlio approprintion of n mediety of this Clmrch to llio Abbey of Stunlaw bj
Roger, Bishop of Coveotfy oiid Lichfii'ld, {saving 20 niBrls to thi- Vicsr,) is printpd
from the originiil in tbo Augmentation OIBdc, in Madoi's Formvlare, p. 311. Dnt.
Laiidan in CraBl, S' Luco Ecsiigi'l. a.d. 1259. — Ducttrel'e Seperl, And see the
Chwter for the Triple Ordination of Ihe Vicnrngiw of Rochdfdp, Eecl™, and Black-
bum, b; Bogpr de Muulund, Biihop of CoTcnCrj and Litchfield, dated apud Uey-
wood, 14th kal. Mau 1277, in the Cimeher Boot of WialUg Abbey, vol i. p. 85.
In the year 1309 William dc Lach, pprpetual Vicar of Blackburn, obtained a Liconeo
of abaence fi^m his said Vicarage, to enable him to travel for one year. Dated
Loodon, 2d kal. Mu; in tbe 13th year of tho CouBecration of Walter de Langton,
Bishop of Corentry and Lichfield. — lair. 1/3 fol. 57, Reg. Langitm. William do
Leneh, or Lenchen, ocoording to Whitaker, was the first Vicor, and occurring in the
year 1289, and dying in the yew 1317, was probably the same person. Id tbe year
12S1 the ChunJi aod Chapels were valued at £33. 6s. 8d.

The Church was rebuilt about the reign of Edwaril III. io the 51rI of which reign,
1377, WUliam Wethcrley, tho Vicar, was tho Custos Bcgnlitulia of Ihc Duchy of
Lnneaster, in which ofltco he was succeeded by Ucnry, Earl of Derby. The Nave
and Choir were re-roofed, in eompartiaents, in the reign of Henry VIII. and va-
rious nlterationa were subsequently mode. In the year I82fl the old Church waa
taken down, and, in tho walls of the Aiilca, several fragments of Norman nmhitccture
wore diseovcred, cousisting of sculptured capitals, and portions at arches, evidently
the remains of a door-way. — See Palmer's Arciileclurat Deicriptioi of Maaelieiler
Coliegiate CKvrch. In the year 1B26 a Cliurch, on a largo scale, adapted. In soms
measure, to the wonts, and suited to the wealth and importance of tho Parish, was
consecrated.

The Chantry of our Lady in the South Aisle of the ChurcK was founded by the
second Earl of Derby iu tho year 1509, let Henry VIIl. (Whilaker eujs in tbe
year 1511, from a di-fcctire copy of Ihc Foumlalion Deed,) fur the sojds of Thomas,

Bcanrrn of Blaibfturw. 277

5 Acres were lest [leased] in May last, refiiaea to pay any Fine to
y" Vicar, or to Give him posaesaion. Vicar's Account, Dec.
1717.

All y" dues y* Vicar pretends to in Harwood, Lango, Law, and
Samlesbury, arc Surp.[lice] Fees, and a half-penny for every
Communicant, w^*" he Allows the Curates to take. Vi&s. Acif- an.
[no] 1705. ¥ap. Reg.

4 Wardens, [and] 4 Assist, [ants.] 1 Warden [is] chosen by
Ralph Livcsey (of Livescy Esq.;) 1 by AleT.[ander] Osbaldeston
of Osbaldeston Esq. ; 1 by John Warren of Dinkley Esq. ; 1 by
[the] AiT of Cant.[erhury,] Mr. (Wni.) Baldwin, Mr. (Henry)
Feilden, and Mr. (Wm.) Sudell, Gent".

Earl of Serb;, deuoued, uud hia lAiiy, Qeorge Stanley, Lord Strange, the Lady
Jbhf, and their oliildron, their puatcril;, uud sll the Fnriahiunen. It was endowed
with Lands for the roaintensnco of a Priest, who should sing and snj Masa aud teach
a OranunBc School and Song School, if sucfa a odq coulil ho had, and if Dot,
fur a Sung Sehuol in the town of Blaokbum. The Chantry was didsoUed by
Edward VT. and the landa granted foe lifo to Thomas Burgess, thsn Chantry
Frieat ; it was roatored by Queen Mary, and sold in the rrign of her aueceasor. It
WM divided in the year 1614 between the Tttlbots of Suleehury, who bod the North
pail, and the Walroslays of Duukenhalgh, to whom the South part was appropriated.
The Ruahtona of Duukenhalgh, descendantB of tlie feudal Rectors of Blackburn, aru
■uppoBcd to bu«e bad sumo beueHeiol Interest in this portion of tht; Churcb beforu
the foundation of this Cliantry.

In the Korlh eaat Aisle of tho Church was a Chantry, founded by tbo Osbaldeatons
of Osbaldeston, and their place of MTiulture. Elena, widow of Sir Alexander Osbal-
deston, dirooted by Will dated 1560, tliat thrio stones, with inscriptions m brass,
shoold be laid in her family Chapel within Blackbura Church,
faereeU^ her husband, and Sir Thomas TyldiiLey of Morlcys, her brother

By Inquisition nude at Blackburn on the 21st of Juue 166U, it was found that
the Vicarage was prcsentativo by tho late Arehbtshop of Canterbury, (Laud,) tho
Appropriotor ; that Mrs. Mariana Fleetwood was farmer of the Tithes, by Icaae &um
the said Archbiihop ; that there was a demesne, called Hodlcy, then in lease under
the said " Bishop," to the said Mrs. FU'ctwood, for eight years, or thereabouts, de-
mised for £80 per annum and au old rent of £3&. 14a., besides fii

one Woter Com Mill, all then in haise, and tho Tithes in various Towuships. Then
waa one Vicarage- house and thirty acrefl of land, worth £20 per ntiuum ; other an-
cient tenements which prescribed to pay a rent of £2. 16s. lUd. per
Vicar ! and £2(1. 13s. 4d, from the aaid Mra. Fleetwood; and an augmentation of
£50 a year from the Commillee of Plundered Ministers ; " but us yctl Mr. Lconord

278 ^oiitia CcairiniBift.

Hau(lley,3 Pleaaington,* Showley,* Little Hwwootl,^ Livesey,
SaUsbury,' Carr.a
i- Blackb. [iiru,] Billington, Baldcrston, Clayton-le-Dalc, Upper
Darwen, Lower Darwen, Great Harwood, Little Ilarwood, Livesey
cu Tockholes, Mellor cu Ecclcshill, Pleasiiigtoii, Kiahton, Rams-
grave, Saibbury, Witton, Walton, Wilpsliirc cu Dinklcy, Yatc-
bank, Piccop-bank.

CUjtoQ M.A. tho Virar, hstb roceiveU no booeGt thereby." I'hu Pariali cooLaiupd
niuBtoeii Townahipg anil tetea Cliapcla. — Lamb. MSS. Tol. ii.

Archbinliop Juion, by Indre dntod 18th Fubr. 14tli Car. 2i\. gate to Blackburn
£70 for Vicars, beyond tho oKl pension of £26. 13i. id. Con&rmvd by BDother
InJre dslcJ S4th Dec. Z8th Car. Zd. Lambeth Leues. — Duearcl's Srjiert. Lamb.
Libr.

Tliere Hru now twenty -tbree Chapels, oil inon: or lest dependent on tho Mother
Church of Blackburn, Bcatterod over this MlonsiTB and populous Parish.

' Uaudlcy Hall was the mansion of llie Rectory in tho rei^i of Heory VIIL ; and
in the 3d Edward VI. WBr in Lease to Sir Thomas Talbol, who prosecuted Alice
Lireaey, and others, iii the Duchy Court of Lancaster, for aettmg flru to the Par-
sonage Barn, and to the Mansion House eolled Hawdley. — Cal, Plead, 3ir Thomaa
Talbot of Hawdley, in his WiU dated the 27th of SeplembDr 1567, namea his Lease of
the FardODBge of Blackbumc, wliich lie bought of John ComberTord, and Bobi-rt
Bellet Gent, and which wa« then Tulucd at £300. Id the years 1616 and 1647 the
bouse is described as being built of stone, timber, and brick, half a mile Irom Black-
bum, and liaving eertsin lands called Iladley Demesne, biding 143a. Or. lOp. — Lame,
MSS. lol. ii. p. 220. It is now called Audloy, and is a farm bouse.

' FIcasington was the property of Henry do Plesyngton, living in Iho reign of
Heniy III. ; and his descendant, Robert de Flesyitgton, waa living in tho 3d
Edward III. Fleasmgton Frioiy is a modem-buiit house.

' Showlcy waa the rceidenco of Richard, second son of Thomas Walmsloy of Ihm-
kenhalgh Esq. in the timo of Henry VllL; and his descendant, Richard WaJmsley
Esq. living at the tinie of Dugdale's Visitation, had a aon Richard, who married
Eliiabcth, daughter of Thomas Southworth of Samlesbury Esq. by whom he had
issue a daughter Elizabeth, living in the year 1666, and afterwards married to Mr.
Thomas Cottam of Dilwortb. — Zattr, MSS, Fed. vol. liiL p. 56. This fine old hooae
is tonanted by a former.

' Little Harwood has been the property of the Clayton lamilj since tho reign of
Edward III. and was, probably, vested in Henry de Clayton, Steward of Blackburn-
shire in the time of Edward I. It passed, by Will, on the death of Thomaa CUyton
of Carr Hall Esq. in tho year 1835, (o his daughler Klizabcth, the wife of Edward
Every Esq. second son of Sir Uniry Ever}' Ilarl. who aasum.-d in August 1836, by
8ign Manual, llic Mmiamc of Clayton. Colonel Chiylon ons the lust n»do n-prcscii-

Oeancrv of Blacbbuni. S79

^S^l §e Free Grain.[raar] School here was Founded by Q.[uccii] firammnt
^SEUz.[abctli,] ail. [no] R.[egui sui] 9. The endowment*^'""-
amounts to 4i5'17'04'', viz. [a] Pension of ■i'-7'-4'' Given by
Q.[uccn] Eliz,[abcth,] (having been recommended by Sir Walter
Mildmay to Edward VI, but not claimed by the Master,} and pay-
able out of y" Dutchy, and Confirmed by a Decree of Chancery ;
20' p.[er] an.[uum] Rent Chaise upon [the] Manour of Famhill,
Yorka. [hire,] purchased (with certain arrears due to the Scliool,
GCfi given by the Queen, and subscriptions,) by y" Gov.[cmors] of
y School, an. [no] 36 (32) Eliz.[abcth,] of Edmimd Eltoftes Esq.
the Bame year her [Majesty's] Pension was Given, [and] now in
[the] possession of Lord Bingley ; 29 acres of Land in Mellor,
purchased (with money left by John Astley in 1608, and other
sums,) by [the] Gov.[ernor9] an, [no] 1 Cliar.[lcs] 1, Leased now
for 21 years, for [a] clear Kent of 12' p.[er] an.[num;] Int.
[erest] of 190* given by S' Edw.[ard] Asheton and other Gentle-

laliic of hi* house resident at Littlu llnrwood in unbrokcti lincnl anooesaion for more
tUsD four ointuriea, when the priocipnl bmilj resilience wu transferred to Carr EoU
noar Coino, which was obtained in the jem 1754, bj John Clnjton, in marriage with
Margaret, daugher and beiresB of Richard Townle; Esq, tbo eighth in descent &aiii
John Towneley of Towncley Esq. Colonel Clayton waa fifty-Pight years in the Com-
miuion of the Peace for the Count;' Palatine of Lancaster, and was the father of the
Magistracy and Deputy LicutwiaBcj of the County. He was nominnted by George
HI. to sniN^eed the Earl of Wilton as Colonel of the Royal Laui'aahire Volunteers,
and Berred with bis regiment many years in Ireland, before the Union. He was
High Sheriff of Lancashire in the year 180B ; and in the year 1821, received the pub-
lic thanks of the Hundred of Blackburn, together with a Service of Plate, valued at
Gve hundred guincui, raised by subscription, as an acknowledgment of his active
eiertioDS in the preservation of the peace of the diatriet during a period of great
insnbDrdinatiOD. Ho was bom on the 16th of Uay 1756, and died on the 12th of
February 1835.

' Salcsbory was held by Award de Salebury, who granted lands in Salebury to the
Monks of Stanlaw about the time of Edward I. It passed to John Talbot, Esq.
living in the year 1411, in nuirringc with Isabel, dnughlor and coheiress of Sir
Richard Uauliverer, by Sybil his wife, dsugbler and huirees of Sir Bobert CUtherm
of Salebury. Of this family were Thomas Talbot of Snlesbury Esq. who pcrBdiously
betrayed Henry VI. to the Yorkists, whilst he was at dmner at Waddington Hall, in
theymr 1*61-, and Thomas Talbol , CUrk of the Tower Records in the year IMO,
the friend of Camden, and himself a celebrated antiquary.

280 ^otitia Crntricnftiti.

men, W they were chosen Govcruoiirs, (between 1685 and 1696,)
9'- 10" p.[cr] an. [num.] The Govcrnours arc, by y" Patent of
Q.[iieen] Eliz.[abeth,] to be chosen out of y" Fileeholueks ano
Chief Infiab [itants] of y* Parish not exceeding 50; and [they
are] to nominate the Master and Usher. V. [ide] NoTn.[i7ialum]
of a Master, an. [no] 1703, Pap. Reg. and an. [no] 1706, lb. V.
[ide] Nom.[ination\ of an Usher, 1690 and 1705. /i.s

■ 9jS^ ^^ ^^ y^ Poor by a Person unknown, long agoe, 20'';
^^ Ra.Pph] Clayton of London, Grocer, (before 1703,) 3(fi';
Mr. Edw.[ard] Clayton, (Master of the Free School of Manches-
ter, by Will,) 6i-]3»-8'i, half of w'^'' is lost; Mr. [Wm.] Yates, in
1694, 20''; Jo. [scpb] Yates Esq. of Manchester, and his sisters,
Mrs. Mary Moslcy, and Mrs. Abigail Drake, at the Funeral of
their Mother in 1696, 20" ; Mr. Jos. [eph] Yates of Blackburn,
in 1710, 100"; Mr. Wm. Yates, his brother, by Will, in 1711,
105'*; Mrs. [Elizabeth] Wilkinson, in 1706, 20ii, at the Funeral
of lier brother, Mr. Francis Price, late Vicar of Blackburn;
Joseph Yates of Manchester Esq. by Will, in 1704, 10"; Mr.
[Henry] Maudislcy (of Ousbooth, at the funeral of his brother,
Thurstan Maudisley,) 10", to w"^*" 3" Interest has since been
added; all w"" summs, except 25' w'' is now in the hands of the
Vicar, and y' last named 13' (in the hands of Mr. John Sudell of
Blackburn,) are let out upon Land security, and [the] Int.[ereat

" CaiT, fomiprly the seat of tho lownlej-s, and now thp nsicienco of Edward Every
CUjton Esq. by marriage viib the heiresB of Colonel Clayton, tbo descendant and
n-presoDtativB of the Townlej-j of Carr.

' Tho School will, pethaps, aJwaye be momorible ub haring laid (he foundaCion of
tbo asConishing learning of Robert Bolton, bom at Blaekbum in the year 1672,
of mean parents, ocluoalod here by Mr. Yates, nnd pronounced "the beat »cbolnr in
the S<-booL" Ho wrote Qrcvk better thnn either EiigliBh or Latin, and disputed itt
GTcek with as murh fiicility at in Lntin. In the year 1G02 he became Fellow of
Brawnosc, and in the year 1G09 Boctor of Broogbton in KortliamptonBhira, where
hD died on the l7th of December 163X. Hia publiBhed works, ebiefly on Practical
Divinity, are very numerous. There is an old portrait of bim, on panel, at the
Holme, nis son. Dr. Samuel Bolton, died Prebendary of Westminatcr, in the

Sraiicrp of DUubburn. 281

is] distributed every ChnBtnias by the ^'icar. Curate, and Church-
wardens. An Account of w^^ is entered by the present Vicar in a
book kept for that purpose, and shewed to, and allowed of by, the
Gent" of y^ Parish every year, Certif. [icate] of [the] Rev. John
Holme, Vicar, and [the] Churchwardens, 28th Oct, an. [no] 1718.

|W^ ai.BS»58r©N,' Certif.[ied] that f
S^^ no Endowment belongs to it. An.
[no] 1705 Certif. [icd] y' 7' belonged to it, \-iz. 5' from Thomly,
and 2' from [the] Ilect. [or,] W^ was divided among y^ Curates of
y* other Chappells, who supply this Chap, [el] in their turns, only
the first Sunday in every month, at w^*" time there is no Service
in their own Chappells, V.[ide] Vic'a Acd an.[no] 1705, Pap,
Reg.

I Dedicated tu St. Lcouard. Valuu m 1B34, £90. Regietere begb m 1767.

B«lder»tone afforded a name to a fiimilj nt an earlj pwiod, of whit'li wbb William de
Baldcntone, living in tho Btb Uenr; III. enpiKned to be desccoded from tha Oabal-
dratons of O>biddi»ton iu this Parish. In the 2ath Uearj VI. William Baldentons
died, IcBTijig bj Li* wife Margaret, daughter of William Stanlej E»q. two coheireMea,
of whom laabel married before the 26tbof Uaj 1461, Sir Robert Harrington of Bads-
worth and Uorcbj Castle; and Jaue was brtrothud or married to (1) Sir Balph Langton,
and (2) Sir John Pilkington. By WiU dated January 2d 1497, this Lady PiUdngton,
then a widow, bequeaths her body to be buried iu tbe Nun'a Quier of Monkton, in
her Habit, boldiiig her hand on her breast with her Ring upon hur flnger, "baTing
taken in my resolui* the Mantle and the Bing," (i.e, liaTing actually taken the Tows,
wbieh Dodaworth aays abo look in the Church of Wakcltuld, from William, Bishop
of Dromoro.) 8be gires her moiety of tho Manor of Balderatone, and other Londs,
to Sir Jamea Harrington Knt, her sister's son, for luB life ; and after his decease, her
Tnuteea, Sir Henry Huntingdon, Priest, and Soger RadeliSb Chint. were to atand
aeized of the aame to the uae of Thomaa Talbot of Baahall, son and heir of Edmund
Talbot Esq. and Jane hia wife, daogbter and eohuiresa of Sir Bobert Harrington of
Hornby Castle, Knight, and laabel hia wife, aiater of the Teatalrii, and tbe heirs of
the body of the said Thomas Talbot, [wbo ob. a minor,] fur ever ; and to the use of
Eichard Badcliffc [of Wimmersloy,] and Ellen his wife, aiater of WilliMn UaldBTstonC,
father of the TesUtrii, and to the use of Richard OabaldestOD, [ob. 37 Henry TX[,J
son and beir of John Osbaldeston and Elizabeth his vife, [married 1st Edward IV.]
another sister of the said Wdliam Balderstone, and tbeir beira for ever. Sir Robert
Harrington was altsinted at Leieeater, in the lat Henry VII. and ob. aule the 2d of
VOL. II.] O O

282 ^otitta Ceatricnsin.

The six other Chappells in this Par, [iah] are suppfycd by 3
Curates ; those two w'' ly nearest to one another being anncxt by
A^ip Bancroft's order, viz. Darwen and Tockholee, Harwood and
Lango, Law and Samlesbury. V,[ide] Vic's Act^- an, [no] 1705.
Pap. Reg.

The Lands given to these Chappels were bought by A^F San-
croft in Thomly cu Wheatly. V. [ide] Pap. Reg. lb.

4 m.[iles] from [the] Par.[i8h] Church; [and] 2 m.[ilea] from
any other Chap, [el.]

[The] Inhab. [itants] of Bald, [erstou,] Osbaldeston, and part of
Mellor resort to it. Circumf. [erence] about 7 iu.[iie8. No
Warden.]

Bald. [erstou,] and OBbald.[eBton.]"

No School.

j_ (^^ argarct ]%allClif& gave two Cottages and J an acre of Land,
gB3S@ for poor house-keepers ; in 1716 Michael Waterhouse gave

Januarj 1497. Uia arm, Sir James HuTiDgtaa D.D. aftenrordB Dean of York, aboTe-
named, pelitioncd tho King and Council for the forfeitu'd EslaM, in tho 19tli Hmry
VII. nnd appears to Imvo regniued tliia portion of it, Dotwithetanding tbc claims of
Thomns, Earl of Derbj, and Sir Edward Stanley. Tbc Dean's Will U dated the 2d
of September in tbe lath Henrj VII. lie died in the jear 1512.

Tbc other moietj of the Manor pasecd to the Dudley fumilj ; and on the eieontion
of Sir Bdmnnd Dudley, along with Empeon, for high Ircnsou, in the let Uenr; VIQ.
tho Maoor was returned, on on luquiaition, as an KBcbeat of the Crown. It became
the property of Joseph Feildon of Wittou House Esq. hj purohaac, abont the
year 1821.

Tho Chapel of Balderstone is of uncertain anliqaity, hnt probably Bomevbal earlier
Iban tbe Buformatiau. lu the reign of James I. it had gone to decay, but has ainee
been repaired. — Whitaker's Whaltey, p. .t31. It is named in the year 1659 j and
was without oodoirnicnt and Minister in the year 1650, altbongh eighty families re-
sorted to it. It waa enlarged in the year 1765, and again in tho jcor 1818.

1 Oibaldeston Hall was the property and residence of one of tbe Grst and oldest
faBiilJus in Lancashire, seated here immediat4>lj al^er the Conquest, and supposed bj
Dr. Leigh to be derived from OsalTeden, signifying Oswald's Town, a Roman rill in
this neighbourhood in the time of Tacitus, and continued in tbe direct male lino until
the death of Edward OsbaldestoD Esq. io the year 168!), his eon, Thomas Osbaldestoa
Esq. dying n minor in the yesr 1701', after whoso decease, "the remains of the
Estate" passed to a collateral branch of tbc family, and being sold in the middle of

Ocantrv of lilac&burn. 2&3

10' a year ; ioba Livesey of Balderston gave to the Poor of Bal-
derston 15', now in the hands of Mr. Osbaldcston of Sunderland,
and the Int.[erest] is distrib. [uted] on St. Thomas' Day, by John
Jackson of Preston, the Trustee. Certif,[ied by] Mr. Holme [in]
1718.

j^g aKlBSX'— Upper Daewen, Certif. aufllll.

inS [ied] 9'-16'.8'i, riz. out of [the] A''P y^ „

of Cant''* Lands at Tbomley, 5'; Rectr of Blackburn, 2'-6'.8'J; '«"«-•'■
Int.[ereBt] of Sff, 2i-10<.(>i.

91.4i.9d Vi<fa Account, an.[ao] 1704. Pap. Reg.
[The] same Curate serves Darwen and TocVboIes.
Circumf. [erence] about 12 m.[iles.] Upper Darwen, Yate-
Bank, Pjccop Bank, Eccleshill, and part of Lower Darwen, resort
to it.

the dgllteaitb coitiuj, to the Wairem of Fojnton, are now held bj their noble
repreMOtBtiTe, the Lord de Tabkj.

The Puk ii destroyed ; bat the shell of the old Uoiue, a lafge, though irrc^uia'
pjle^ remaiiu newly tatitt. — Whitakei'a WkaJltg, p. 432. Dame Elena, widow of
ffir AlBiaiidar Oabaldeston, in the jear 1S60, gate by Will, to tur wo, John 0*bal-
dcatOD Eiq. certain thinp belonging to the Altar in the Cbapd at Oibaldcston, "to

1 Dedicated to St. Jama. TalBe m 18U, £125. Bfgiiten twgiD in 1829.
Darwen wu a member of Walton, and granted in the reign of Hnii7 IL (o Bobert
Banaatre, and paiaed in the thirteenth cmtory by the marriage of Alifc, hi> grand-
dMigbttr aod beireu, to Sir John de Langttm Uie Brat Baron of Sewlon. — Seep.
271. Ib the Sth Henry TUL the Manor of Nether Derwrn wi* h^ by WiHiani
Bndahaw ; and in the 17th Eliiabetb, by hi* deacendanl, John Bradibaw. In tbe
IStltClMdcaL "theHauof of NetbcriarwyndaDdLowadHwcBf'ialbandaniODgM
• (rf Sir Tbona* Walmiley of Dnnknhal^ IlnL Md b now Ibe pf»-
t, Heuy Fctre of Drnkimlialgh Eaq.— Batata'a IBttary ef
Whitalar itatca tliat tim Manof of Ora^wta befcwgad

l> ftaiiil miitril hrm jianhahlj hrfiiwi thii BtfiiiBialliiii. iimI ia mrationed by Bar-
riaoB ■■ tbe yew 1S77. In the yew ISiO the popolataan, iwJoding part of the Foreri
of Boeacadele, dumMtM of lour bMdtad kaifiee, and Um? ^aand to be nade Fn-
rocUa). Their Cbepd wa« wjtboBi eailowmcal, bst the Committer of Pfam^nd

L

2Bi J^otitia Ccstrtcnsifl.

All Div.[me] Offices [are] performed every other Sunday.

[No Warden.]

White-HaU.

Augm.[eQted] an.[no.] 1719 with 220', by Mr. Eceles, and
others.

3ra.[iles] from [the] Par.[i8h] Ch.[urch; and] 2 [miles] from
any other Cb. [uTch.]

No School.

No Charities.

' ^Si ^^^^^®^^^®-^^' Certif.[ied]

^1^ 14'-15*-04'', riz. from y" Exehequer,
4'-6'-&', [given out of the Duchy of Lancaster by Edward VI.;]
Thomley, 6'; Rect.[or,] 2'-6»-8''; given by [the] Aneestours of
Mr. Tho.[mas] Cockshutt, 40', [being] 2'.2'-OJ a y'.

MininteFB allowod Mr. Joseph BBnurii, their Curate, " a, vrirj able Divine," £40 a
year.— Pari. Ijiq. Lamb. MSS.

A Brief wna obtninBd, nnd 1». 6d. collected at Milnrow, fur Upper Danren Chspel
in the coanly of Lnncsstcr, Sspteniber 22d 1722, — Milnroa! Eeguder.

St. Jnmoa'a Chnrcb at Lower Darwen, and Trinitj Church at Orer Darwen, built
bj her Majesty's CommifiBionera, were coiueerat«d in tlic year 1829.

' Dedicnted hi St. Bartholomew. Value in 1834, £126. Registers begin in 1560.

Henry de Luecy granted the wbole Manor of Great Hnrwood to Kichard ^ton.
Justice of Chester, in the year 1233, which grant was confirmed by his son, Robert
de Laeey, who died in the year 1193, Richard, son of John U^tton, brother of the
original grantee, bad the Manor couTcyed to bim by his liinsman, Edmund flytton,
and was liiing in the year 1237. — Coucher Book, pp. B45-6. He Icit three daugh-
t«rB and coheiresses, of whom Matilda married Sir William Heskcth, living in the
2Sd Henry III. »«ied of two Canicates of knd in Magna Harwode, wbich Hugh
SyttOD formerly held of the Earl of Lincoln; Amabel, tbe second daughter and co-
heiress, married Edmund Leigh of Croston; and Elizabeth, the third, married Roger,
son of Adam de Nowell of Great Moarluy ; and the Manor became divided into throe
portions. Of these tbe Heskeths purchased that of the Leighs ; and tbe Netberton
portion of the IloweUs continued in that family until it was alienated by Alexander
Nowell Esq. who rlied in the yenr 1772. The present Lord of tho Manor of Gtreat
Harwood is James Lonuti of Clayton Hall Esq. who succeeded to it in tbe year
1849, on the death of his elder brofher, John Lomas Esq.

Sraiur? of JSIocttbnm. 285

lll.l5..4d (endowment.} Vic's Ace'- 1704. Pap. Reg.

[The] Curate has Surp.[lice] Fees, and [a] half-penny for
every Communicant. 16.

[Xj Caveat [was] entred by y* Vicar ag* Granting a License
to Harwood and Lango, an. [no] 1690, V. [idc] Stibs.[criptioii]
Book.

Harwood -magna, Tottlcworth, and [the] East end of Rishton
resort to it.

[The] same Curate serves Harwood and Lango.

2 Wardens ; chosen by [tlie] Min, [ister] and [the] principall
Inhab.[itants.]

Martholme Hall.' I^alt.

3 m.[Ues] from [the] Par.[ish] Church; [and] 2 m.ples] from
any other Ch.[urch.]

^^^ trt is a School, built by Coll. Nowell,^ but not endowed; ^cljaal.
gS^ and there is no teaching in it, [for a Master cannot get a
maintenance.]

In the 13th Bichnrd II. 1389, Jobn \owell Eaq. did bomHge for bia Eetnto of
Nctherton to Thomu Honkelh Esq. in (he Chnpel of Harwood, ichbh proTe* »
higher antiquity for (ho foundntion of tbo Chapel than that aieigned to it in Ectoo'*
Thetaunu, *ii. of the year 1506 ; or by the Librr Seffia, of tlio year 1507. It vu
apparrntly rebuilt about the latter period. On the North side the original Windowa
remain ; but Ihc rmt appear to baro been roncwcd along with the roof, in the reign
of QuecD Ehisbeth. In the Eaut Window of the South Aisle are three panoa of
atslned glaas, with the garb* anil the Icttcra I. U.—Whi taker's WhalUy, p. 434.

In the year 1G31 Mr. Richard IlargreaVL-B waa Cursto of Harwood ; but in the
year 1650 there waa "noc Minister nor maintenMire, ejccpt £4 a y' p' out of the
Dueby lands." although there were two hundred families, and their Chapel Paro-
ehiaL — iawi. 3fSS. vol. ii.

* Martholme waa the aniucnt Manor Houae of the fiyttoDB, and occuionnlly tho
residcnee of their sueceasor* tbe Heskethti, by one of whom it hwdis to ha>e been
nearly rebuilt about tho year 1561, that date, with the arms, and cypher T. H. atiU
remaining on the gateway. On the North side are somo aoeient trefoil lights. Tho
whole was surrounded by a moat^ and tbe house is a handsome speoimen of an
Elirabethan Hall of tbe second order. It u now occupied by a fanner.

' Eogcr Nowrll Esq. «a* boni in the year 1605, married at Rochdale in the year
lfi2B, Dorothy, daughlor of Robert Holte of Stublej and Cmtlcton Esq. anil died in

Jlotitia CfsmrnaiR.

i Ibcn to y Poor Ly S' Edm.[und] Asheton, (before 1691,)
I 301, Bocured by Trustees. Cm-ate'g Ace*- Sf-^ 27, 1718.

3^ aN©©,' Certif.[ied] 7'-&.8^ m. out
^^ of Tliomly, 5'; Rcct.[or,] 2i-6'-8'i.
This Chappell in K.[iiig] Jani.[cB] 2d's time was seized by Mr.
Walmesley, a Papist; but upon [the] Petition of Mr. Price, Vicar
of Blackburn, to y" King, the Case was referred to !/■ Chancellor
Jeffereys, and he Ordered the Chap, [el] to be restored to the
Petitioner. V.[idc] 0.[!(f] R.[effisler,] p. 491.

ihD jeai 1695 agL'<l ninety. Hi' vat on actire Mugutrato, a zealous Churchmui, and
a warm aupporWr o)' tbc rojal caQsp, buing a Colonel in the nriny of Chnrlea I. Hia
Portrait U in the posH'ssioii of his rppr?N?n(AtLii-, Mm. Novtell of Netlienide in

' Patron Saint tuiknown. Value in 1^34, £125. Hegi»ten begin in 1733. Mu-
riagca at Blaclibnrn.

In the jeat 798, Duke Wada onfortunalelj engaged Ardulph, King of the North-
umbriane, st Billangho, oov contracted into Langho, In the yrai 1836, a« Thomas
Uubbcratj, the &rmer at Brockhsll, was nimoTuig a large mound of earth in Brock-
hall Eaaen, about 6tc hundred jarda from the hank of the Kibble, on the left of the
rood leading from the house, he discovered a Kist-voen, formod of rude atoiiFs, con-
taining some large human bonea nod tho ruatj remains of some spear heads of iron.
The whole crumbled to dust on mpoeure to the air. Tradition has uniTormlj retarded
that a battle was fought about Langho, EUier, and Quebfoot, near the Ribble ; and
this tumulus was opened within two hundred yards of a ford of the Ribble, (now
called Bullnaej-fonl,) one of the rerj few points, for miles, bj which that rirer could
bo crosaod. Tho late Dr. Whilakor ropoatoily, but in vain, searched for remaius of
this battle^ as be appears to have erroneously coududed that the seone of it waa
higher up the river, and near Hacking Hall, at the junction of the Colder and Rihbkr.
In the reign of Stephen, tbe Manor of Billington, in which Langbo i> situalod, waa
grouted by Uenry do Laaey to Hugh, sou of Leofffinc, whose descendant, Willioni,
Lord of Atvctliam, granted it to Balph, son of QeoflV^ de Billington. Adam do Bil-
lington, probably son of Balph, was one of the Jurors on tho grand Inquest in the
13th John, and held the moiety of a Knight's fee in Billington, which ho conveyed
to Adam de Uuddhwton in the year 1288, {Coucier Boot, p. 973,) whose nephew,
Sir Sichnnl de HuddlMton, in the year 1322, conveyed tho rotcniou of it afUr tlw
death of Tbomos, son of Sir OcoOrey le Scrap, to the said Sir QeoQVey, who, in the
year 1332 granted it, in lee, to the Abbey of Whallcy. Altet the DissalutioD, it

Ofancrp of UlacUtium. 2S7

Sal.[arj-] ff-lS*-^; l* Stock lost. Vir-g. Ac& aa.[iio] 1704.
Pap. Reg.

Circumf. [erence,] about 9 m. [Ues.]

[The inhabitauta of] Billington, Dinkley, and Whilpahire re-
sort to it.

Div.[me] Service performed CTCry otber Sunday.

wu obtained bj Sir TboniM Hokrofl, along villi the other moiotj, whii'h, being
granted for life to Adam de HndiUtBloo bj Hcory de Jjiiavy, the rerunion wa» eon-
Tejed to tbe Abbej by Thonuw, Earl of l«nia£ter, in the 12lh Edvard Xl. — OnfhfT
Book, p. B37. The Hanor KKin pBS«ed ftaia tbo Hokrofta to BalpL AibetoD of
Gnal Leier Esq. and wag gicen b; him, in marriage with Ann his daughter, in (be
jar 1&&4, to Edward BrwIdjU of PortSeld Etq.

lAngho Chapd waa in cii«lence abortlj after tbe Rcrormation, and i9 suppoBed to
hare been built with materials brought from Whsllej Abbty. In the jear 1650 it
waa without anj endowment, but Mr. Cboichlowe, tbe Uinister, bad £10 allowed bj
the County Committee. II wag eaid to be aix milea from the Parish Church ; and
I^uigho then eonsistod of three hundred lainiliea, who deaired to be made a separate
Parish, and to hare « settled allowance for a Minister. — Port I%q. Lamb. Ltir.
Kearlj a rentnry later the population was rctomed to the Bishop a* being four hun-
dreit, and the Chureh two miles nearer to Langho. Kin g James tbe Second's famous
declaration in &rour of Liberty of Conscience induced Bartholomew Walmesley of
Dnnkenhalgb Esq. to seLie upon Langho Chapel and fit it up for the aerriec of Ihu
Church of Rome, and Mass wu aetually celebrated in it in 1687-8. On tliiii intru-
sion Mr. Frands Prire, the Ticw of Blaekbum, petitioned tbe King, and stated that
tbo Chapel of Langho had, time out of mind, been a Chapel of Ease, wherein Prajers,
Fnaohing, and Sacraments hod been celebrated by the Vicar of Blackburn, and his
Curatra; that the said Chapel had been, from time to time, rcpaind, both walls and
root^ and the seats nnifonuly placed, and tbo Bell thereof bought, at tbo east of the
adjacent Townships ; that some other endowments bad been given to it aeeording to
the abilities of the neighbourhood, and that, partieolarly, seats in it had been asaigned
to ancient (amilica and Estates : that Mr. Bartholomew Walmcslcy, a nelgbbouriug
gentleman, had, notwithstanding, seized on tbe said Chapel, protending a right lo it,
■ndhad dispossessed the Petitioner of his just and undoubted right, as appeaml from
ancient records, and he prayed to bare the caao referred lo competent authority. Al
the Court at Whitehall, on the S9th of May 1688, Lord Sunderland atated that his
Usjesly referred it lo the Lord Chancellar, who, on the 16th of Juno following, doonxid
that the Chapel should he forthwith deliTered to the Vicar of Blackburn ; and, ai
Ur. W^mesley had eipended several sumn of money on the repairs of the Chapel, Uw
Bishop of Clicster (Cartwright) ihoold determine what portion of the wuno should bo
refunded by Mr. Price and his Parishioners. — Lane. MSS, Vol. xzt. Bartholamow
Walmesley Esq. let! England on the 5th of February 16SB, in the train of Roger,

288 jiotitia Ccetiifnttis.

Sev' of [the] lohab. [itants] are said to goe to Mass to S' Nich.
[olas] Shireburn's at Stonihurst.^
mans. Bradyll.a Hacking,* Dinkley Hall.s

4m.[iles] from [the] Par.[i8h] Church; [and] 3 m.[iles] from
any other.

No Warden.
Earl of Caatlcmun, irho naa seat as Ambassador from Jamts II. to Pope Innocent
XT. at Rome. His cliief atteodants were Thonm* Arundsl Esq, grandson of Lord
Arundd of Wardour, (Prirj Seal;) llonrj, ddcit son of Sir Hniry Ticliboroe Bart,
(Lieutenant of Otdnanco ;) tho Hou. Thomas Ralcliffe, son of the Lord Ratclifle;
and Thomas EeeJeston of Eccteston Esq. It was on his retom from Hume that he
obtained the forcibto possession recorded in the text.

' Stonyhurst was conveyed by UBrgnret, daiigliler and coheiress of Sir Richard de
Sherbuni, to Bicbard de Bayley, before the 46th of Edward III. whose son Rirliard
assumed the sumamo of Sberburo. The building of this "prinivlj mansion of the
Sherbumea" was probably brgun by Sir Richard Sherburne, who died in the year
1S94, and finished by his son. A Licence for on Oratory was granted to Richard de
Bayley in the year 1372, and the Domestic Chapel remained aboTO the gateway until
the middle of the last century. The Estate was conveyed in marriage, in tbe year
1709, by Maria Winifreds Francosea, daughter and heiress of Sir Nicholas Sherburne
Bart, to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, end ou her Grace's decease in the year
17B4, s.p. it passed to Edward Weld of Lulwortb Castle Esq. grandson of William
Weld Esq, who married in the year 1672 Eliinbeth, daughter of Richard SherbuniD
of Stouyhurst Esq. Stonyhurst was cocTerted into a Roman Catholic Seminary by
Thomas Weld Esq. who died in the year 1810, and his son and succeasur obtained a
Cardinal's Hat in the year 1829.

' Braddyll ia situated on the warm and fertile bank of the Ribble, and was tbe
residence and parent house of the Braddylls Irom the reign of Henry II. to the
beginning of the last century, when Conisheod Priory camo into tbe family bj the
marriage of John Braddyll Esq. with Ssrali, daughter of Miles Dodding Esq. On
tbe death of bis grandson, Thomas Braddyll Esq. b the year 17T6, tbe Estatea
passed by Will to his kinsman, Wilson Gale of High-bead Castle in the county of
Cumberland Esq. who ossumcd the name of Braddyll, and dying in the year 1818,
was EUccecdeil by hi» son, Thomas Richmond Ctalo Braddyll Esq, The proont
owner of BraddyU is John Taylor of Morctou Hall and WhaUey Abbey Esq.

■ Hacking Bull was the residence of Bernard de HacUng about tbe year ISOO,
whose great-grandson, William de Hacking, in tbe beginning of the reign of Edward
III, left a daughter Agnes, married to Henry de Shuttlcworlh, and the eighth
descendant of this marriage, Ann, daughter and heiress of Richard Sbuttleworth
Esq. baling married in the time of Queen EUiabeth, Sir Thomas Walmestay Kat.
Justice of the Common Pleas, conveyed the Estate to tliat family. Catherine, sobs
heiress of Barthobmcw Walmcaley Esq. who died in the year 1701, married in the

J3c.incru of Blacbbum. 289

J^jl it IDmunB asfictlin of Whaliey Bart, and others whose Cljariliti.

i^CsC names aro not known, gave to tlie Poor of Billington IOC,
with \t'^ an Est.[ate] called Dinkloc Moor is piirch'', and the rent
is yearly distrilj'^ by Mr. Wm. Hayhurat, Mr. Edward Chew, John
Smalley, Richard Ryding, and Richard Craven of Billington.

Q SIZSI, or iL<!3£Cte%mKe)&,> ahtSiiav.mT.

S^§ Walton jn le Dale. Ccrtif, [led] Fum jso

15'-18'-08'', viK. from Thomly, &; Vic.[ar] of Blackburn, 41; ^J"m."'
Rect.[or,] a'-fr-S''; Int.[creat] of 50' given by Henry Houghton ""■'" ■*■'■■■
Esq. 21- 10"; out of Mr. Crook's Estate at Whittingham, 2'-2'-0J.

Sal. [ary] 1 7' ■ 03- ■ 03^. Vufs. Actf- an. [no] 1 704. Pap. Reg.

30" p. [er] an, [uum] given by [the] Will of Mr. Crook of Abram
to Law and Samlcsbury. lb.

Circumf.[erencc] about H ra,[ileH.]

Walton and Cucrdale resort to it.

year 1712, Robert, eeveath Jjoril Pi'fre, whoM great -grandson, Ilenrj Petre, of Dim-
ki^nholgli Esq. ia Iho uffiuT uf this E^itato, puiiscsdeil bj liis aut>e«lore eeron oentu-
na sgo. Tbo houap is bcautifiiUj sitiialeii at tho ponflupa™ of tho rivon Bibblu and
Calder, and romaina as it nse left bj Jui3ge Walmcele;, who rebuilt it.

' Dinldej Hall was the property of Robert Morley in tbo SOtb Edward IT. and hii
descendant, Tbomai Morley died seized of it to the S'lth Henry VIH. It was, how-
crer, in tho 9tb Elizabeth in tho poaaeeaion of Sogor Nowell of Read Eeq. and alter-
wnrds passed to tho liimily of Talbot. Dorothy, dau{i;htor and heireu of John
Talbot of Sftk'bury, married in tho Berenlcenth cpnturj, Edwurd Wiirr«n of Poynton
Esq. and conceyed tho Eetnte to him. This gentleman reeided faoro, and is jiutlj'
connnended by Dr. Stukrley for his care of tho Roman Altar, then at Dinkh^, flHmer.
Cttriot. vo\. ii. p. 168,) but which has since been remoFod to Stonyhurst, Sir Oeorge
Warren K.B. hie »on and heir, died in the year ISOl, and his daughter and heiress
having married Thomas Jamea, Viseouut Bulkeley, this Estate ia now in the posset-
■ion of her LaJyihip'i rcpreaentatiTe, George Warren, Baron de Tablcy.

' Dedicated to St, Leonard. Value in 183i, £156, Bcgistora h«({in in 1653.

The Manor of Wulton was granted by the first Ileniy de Lancy, about tho year
1130, to Rohcrl, son of Rotwrt Banastre, whose descendant, Alice Baooatrc, coori^ed
it in marriage to Sir John ile Langton, (see Newton, p. 271,) whose son, Sir Robert
do Langton, was knigblal in the 12th Edward III. The Manor was surrendered by
his descendsnt, Thomas Langton, about tho year 1502, to the family of Thomas
VOL. I!.] P P

290 ILotitia (fTesiriennis.

I>iv.[uie] Service [is] performed every forenoon one Sun(l.[ay,]
and ev.[ery] afternoon y* other, in Summer time; and ev.[ery]
other Sunday in Winter.

[The] same Curate serves Law and Samlesburj-.

2 Wardens; one ehoscn by S' H.[enry] Houghton of Houghton
Bart, [and] one by [the] Min.[i8ter] and [the] prineipall Inhab.
[itants.]

Walton,' and Cuerdale Hall.3

Hoghtoii of Hogbton Esq. ae a peace oSiniiig, owing to liu haTing BCcidBntall; Blain
Mr. Hogliton, in n riotous aflraj, (and not " in a duel," o«!ording to WMtakpr,) at
Leo, in N'oTembcr, 32d Eliiabetb, 1589.

This Chapel ie the onlj one on tbo old fonudation, that ia, of the twelfti century,
imdur Blackburn, and was endowed like most of Ihi? nst with two oigangs of land,
being about thirty LanesBhire acren. It was railed, at a very oarlv period. Law
Chapel. Adam de Blackbum, at the request of John de Lascy, hia Lord, gmnted to
the Abbot and Convent of Stanlaw, in the year 1239, the Chapel of Walton, with the
lands, tithes, and obTentions belonging to it, aubjeot to a payment of twenty marks
per annum, to Kichnrd, son of the Dean of Whallcy, until ho should be promoted to
a similar or better benefice by the aaid John de Laaey. — Cimcirr Soot of WJialley
Abbey, p. 8S. Id the year 1238 the Abbey obtained the Adrowaou of the Cbapel,
without any oondition, from the same boiuitiful Patron.

Ralph Langton, Baron of Hfewton, who died in the 18th Hcory Vn. leit bj his
Will, twenty marks, to make and rcpiur the Lawe Church, if tho Panahioners would
build the same while his eon was under age.

Tho South part of the Cliajieel belongs to tbe Hoghtous of Uoghton Tower, and
was repaired by Sir Gilbert Hoghton Bart, who died in the year 1647. There are
many monuments of the family in this ChapeL Tho North part of the Chaneol be-
longs to the Aaahetons of Downham and Cuerdale.

In tho year 1650 Law was styled n Parochial Chapelry, nine milea from the Pariah
Church, containing two hundred families. The Inhabitants complained that £40 a
year had been allowed them for a Minister by the Coounittoe of Plundered Ministers,
out of the Sequestered Tithes of James AndertonEsq. a delinquent Papist i but that in
regard of other Charges laid upon these Tithes for the maintenance of other Ministers,
the Order had done the Inhabitanta no good. In addition to which tbey had formerly
had £4 per annum paid to their Minister by tbo Vicars of Blaekbum, but which for
three years last past had been detained, ao that they were both without Minister and
mwntenance. The Inhabitants dceired to be made Parochial. —J^iri, Inq. Lamt.
MSa. Tol. u.

The Vicar of Blackburn ia tho Patron.

' Waltoti Uall was the Manerial residence of Robert BaiutaCre, and became suocaa-
eiTely the principal mansion of the Langtons, anil of the Ho^btona, when, about

DcancTf of SlatbJiurn. 391

7 ra.[ile8] from [the] Par.[i8h] Ch.[urch;] and 2 m.[il(»] from
any other Ch.[urch.]

^^ §e School here, (vf^ is free only to [the] Inhab. [itanta] of *(barl.
|(^ the Town,) was built by [the] Inhab. [itanta] upon ground
Given by S' Eich.[ard] Houghton/ an.[no] 1672, (tlie Children
being taught in y" Chap, [el] before.) Given to [the] Master by
Pet.[er] Burscough, an. [no] 1614, (1624.,) lOtf, out of the Int.[er-
est of which] was raised 30' more during y* vacancy of y" School
in y« [time of the] Rebellion. By Mr. And. [rew] Dandy, Citiz.
[en] of Loud. [on,] lOQi; by Tho.[raas] Hesketh of Walton, 20' ;
by Mr. Crook of Abram, the tenth part of his Estate in Auston
[Alston] and Whittingham, Leased for ll'10*-0Oi p.[er] an.
[num.] No Govcmoura being appointed by y« Bcucfactoura,
(except y" heirs of Mr, Crook for w' was given by him,) the Inhab.
[itanta] have named six Trustees, but they keep y* Right of Nomi-
iiat.[ing] y" Master,

BOwn to y Poor, an. [no] 1624, by [the Will of] Pct.[er] Ctmrttff*.
Burscough {of Walton-le-Dale, Yeoman,) Iff p.[er] an.

twenty years eince, it vaa abandoned and pulled down. Sir Henr; Bold Hogliton
Bare, is etill the Manerial owner.

Bth Ides or Apr. 13G7, a LiwDoe was graol«d ta B^Ipli do Laiigton to oelabratc
Dinno OObset in hia Oratoriea of Walton and Nowton for three jeara. — Lib. t. fot.
16 a, M Oar. Lickf. ifh Ides of Oi^t. 1372, a Lie. was gr. to Balph de Langlon for
hi* Oratories within his Manore of Newton and Walton for three years. — Ih. foL 27
b, li. 27th of Oct. 1375, a similBT Licence to the eanw for two years.— iS. fbL 90
a, ti. I6th Dee. 1308, a similar Licence from the Vicar Qeneral to Ralph de Lang-
ton to eclcbnite Divine Offices in hla Oratories within the Diocese, for two years. —
lb. fot. 11 1/a, ib. 24th Oct. 1401, a Lionoce was granted to Sir Henry de lAOge-
ton, and Agnes his wife, to celebrate DlTinc Offices within all and singular their
Oratories. — lb. foL 146 o, ii. In 1545, a Licenoc waa granted by John, Bishop of
Chester, to Sir Thomaa Langton for on Oratory in his Manor llouau of Walton.

' Cuerdolo was held by AJei. de Keuyrdalo in the time of Edward 1, and was pur-
ohaaed by B*dcliirH Asaheton Esq. seoond aon of Balph Asaheton of Qrcat LeVFT
Esq. in Iho time of Jame« I. and bos been erer since in his famil;, Ihu prevent o'
being William Asaheton of Downham Hull Esq.

< Sir Bichard llogbton of Hoghton Tdwit, tlu' third Baronrt. Knigbt

\ 392 JHotttia Ccfitrinisie.

[ [num, to be distributed on Good Friday. Trustees, Sir Henry

' Hoghton, Edward Winckley Gent., James Woodcock, and Tliomas

} Wiuckley.] Given since by Mr. Crook of Abram, (his Will bear-

I iug date an, [no] 1688,) a tenth part of an Estate in Auston

[Alston] and Whittingham, [of the] val.[ue of] 23"-&i p.[er]

Ian. [num.] Given by Cath,[arine wife of Richard] Park [of Wal-
ton, with her husband's consent, in 1710,] 2(fi. Certif.\icate] of
John Hull, Cur. 27tL Get. 1718.

etfiap-Uar. 3^ aitta.i:SBiaui?,' certif.pcd] 141.

F»„ ,„ Ega< 16»-08'i, viz. out of Thomly, 6'; Rect.

^''■"' [or,] S'&'.SJ; Vic.rar,] 4'; Int.[erest] of &0f giveu by Heii.[ry]
Houghton Esq. 2llb".

(Stip.[end])14i-18'-05''. Ficar's^cc^an.[no] 1704. Pap.Reg.

Shiro for liBQcastcr, died in the year 1677-8, haTiiig mwriod lad; Sarah Stanhope,
daughter of Philip, Earl of Cbeeterllold.

' Dedicated to St. Leonard. Value in 1S34, £110. He^tten begin m 17S3.

QnapBtric do BBDik'ihur)' hold this Uanor at tho Utter cud of the reiga of Heniy
n. and his grandaon, 9ir William lie SnmleBbury, Icll three daughters aod mboircMos,
who conVHjrd the Ealutu to their huabaoda. Margery married Bogcr de Ununtan,
and appears to have bad no iasuo. Cecily married Sir Jobn de D'Ewyos, before the
43d Benry III. oiid hod half uf the Manor of Samlesbory ; whilst the other moiety
[lagged with Eliiabcth, tho youngest daughter, to Sir Robert de HoUand of Hali^
knighted in tho lOtli Edwnrd I. and grandfather of Sir Robert Holland, whose widow,
Joauna, married Edward the Bkck Prince, father of King Richard II. Sir Robert
Holland, by Joanna, Countvss of Kent, lud a ■»□ Robert, who died in hU father's
life-time, leaving issue one daughter and hoireBS, who married Sir Jiihn LoTel, fifth
Boron Lovcl K.Q. of Tichmcrsh, to whom liTery of her lands was made in the 47lh
Edward HI. On the death of tbeit son, Sir Jobn LotoI, Barou Holland in right
of hia mother, and Lord Lovel of Tielimcrsh, in the year 1*14, William, I»ird Loyel
and Eolbind, hia ion and heir, succvedod to the lauds, which appear to have been
conSscated by John, Lord LoTel, an adherent of Henry VI. and tho Lnnoiatrians.
He died in the 4th Edward IV.

Nicbolaa, the son or grandson of Sir John D'Ewyaa and Cecily de Samlesbniy,
died without mole issue, leaving a daughter married to Sir Gilbert da Soulhworth,
[see p. 26fi, Note 13,] and her portiou of the Manor thus mnvcyed c'oriliimwl tn tliia
family until the year 1677, whiu Juliii Souih«ur1b Esq. eold i1 imd Ihe old Hall to

Qcancrii of liUcbiiurn. 293

Circumf. [ercncc] about 10 in.[ilc8.]

[The] Inhab. [itants] of Samlcsbury and Cucrdalc resort to it.

Div.[iiie] Service performed every morning one Sund.[ay,] and
every afternoon the otherj in Summer; and ev.[ery] other Sun-
day in Winter.

2 Wardens; chosen by [the] Min,[iBter] and [the] principall
Inhab. [itanta,]

Higher" and Lower Hall,^ [Salesbury,*] SlnlW.

No School.

Thomu BnidiljU Esq, far Kttio more than £3,000, and it daii7oti<Ipd tu Mi rcprraeti-
UtiTe, T. R. 6. Braddyll, now of ConiBhciid Priory, Esq.

Ch»patric de SamlBebnrj founded the Ciiopcl here, (why no remoto from tUe Manor
Hoiue it ia difllcult to conjecture,) wMt'h wiifl at first i Chapel of Easo merdy to
Xav, irithout u Cemetery, the dead of SBmleabury h«'ing buried at Lnn ; but vc are
told in the Couc^er Suolc, that in the sbeenco from Eiiglstid of Hugh de Nonont,
Biihop of Lichfield, who helil the See from the year 1185 to the year 1198, fLe
Nne,J two itiueraut Irish Bishops having token up thair resLdenee with Gospatrii?,
were by him prevailed upon to eonBcorHtc a Cemetery, vrhioh act woa suppoBcd to
render the Chapel ForochiaL Uugh, on his return, irritated, lu he bod rsuae to
be, at thie infringement of his OlHcu, anuulled the senteuco of Consecration ; but,
aftor some time, wm prevailed upon by the entreaties of Gospatrio to conDrm it. —
CourAer Book, vol. i. pp. 89, 90.

This Chapel, though (he burial place of the Lords of Samlcsbury from that time to
their extinction, contained not a single memorial of the family except the linightly
enaigna of a Southworth ; and nothing worthy of observation, but aa alabaster slab,
covering William, son of Sir William Atherton, who morricd a daughter of Baldoi*
stone, and died at that place about the 19th of llenry VI. — Whitaker's Whalleg,
p. 430.

The Chapel was GUling into decay in the year 1558, when Edward, Earl of Derby,
issued the following circular ; — " 13 May 1558, Edw. E. of Derby, to ul his louing
frcnds. As I am credibly enformed Iho Church at Sairbery is in ruine ond indanger-
ing people that resort to hearc Qod's wordc, I haue thought good (o moue my louing
froadi to help with there charity towards the re-edifying thereof." ^Kusrden's M88.
p. iff], Chftham't Liiraiy.

In the year 1650 the Parochial Chapelry of Samlcsbnry was reported as having had
"anciently" a pension of £4 per annum, paid by former Vicars of Blackburn, hut
then detained. The inhabitants stated that they numbered one hundred lamiiicB, that
they were six miles from the Parish Church, ond were desirous of being apparated
from Blackburn and mode a distinct Parish. Mr. Biehard Smctlinrst was their
Minister, ntid had £40 a year allowed hitn by the County Ooinmi(l«u. — J^A Inq.
Lamb. USS. vol ii.

r ffitjnrii

394 Jiotitia Crsiricneta.

' W^ ** ^^^^^ Charity but 8''' or 10^ paid by Mr. Wliittingham of
l^sfi ^'liittiugham. [Richard Houghton, iu 1613, conveyed to
Thomas Wliittiugham of Whittingham, and others, a Close called
Wood Crook, in Whittingham, being five aerea; the rent to be
distributed amongst the Poor of Alston, Preston, and those at
Samlesbury Church or Chapel.] Ceriif.[icate] of John Hull, cur.
27th Oct. 1718.

' Higher IltkU whh most«d rouiiil, utid has enelaanl tluw eides of a hirge ijaad-
ranglo, the ttrntre of which conlniniog the great hall, h Qoblc specimen of most nidc
null matsj wood worli, though rcpsired iu the jear 1&83 hy Sir Thomss Southworth,
whose unme it beam, is of rerj high antiqnitj, probablj not later than Edward III.
Tlie prLncipa) limbers aiv cirvHl with great elegance, and the eompurtmeDta of the
roo^ paiuted with Ggurcs of saints, while fbe outnides of the building ore ndonied
with proIUo heads of vooA, cut in bold relief^ within huge medallions. It ia cunoua
to obsiTFe that the inner doors ore viLbout a pamiel or a lock, and hate always been
opeued, like those of modem eottagin, with ■ latch and atriug. The remaining wing,
wbtcb is built of wood towards the quadrangle, and brick witbont, (and the carlit'et
Bpecimen of brick work ia the Parish,) is of the time of Edward III. The Houh
had a Domestic Chapel, and in the jear 1400 a Licence was granted b; the Bishop of
Lichfield to Thomas 3outhworth Esq. and Joban his wife, to hare service celebrated
in their manaiona of Sothclworth and Samesborj.^ Lifi, ii. Sol 3, i» Our. Lid^.
The roof of the UaU nu arebi>d, and the staircase narrow and mean. On a findj
carred wainscot ia the hall, is this insfription, — "Thomas Southworth, Baronete."
On the south side there ore two cer; niassive chimnies, and the remains of the Dom«a-
tic ChupeL In the jeai 1H35 the house was restored with much good taste, and was
then used as an Inn. It has lately been sold by Colonel Braddjll.

Sir John Southworth of Samiesbury Ent. at the eailj part of the reign of Quoen
Eh»abeth, distmguisbed himself bj his Rwusancy, and was placed in the fanulioa of
Archbishop Parker, Dean Nowell, (his kinsman,) and othere, for the purpose of being
reclaimed; but without efToet. lie is said to hare bcPn altogether unlearned nnd
obstinate, his principal grounds being these only, that he woidd follow hia btbera,
and die in the laith in which he had been baptiEod. — Strype's Ortiidal, p. 138;
Strype's ii/li qf Farkfr, chap. ill. p. 526; and Archdoocon Charton's Hfe of Dea»
Ifonvll, p. 149.

Sir John Southwort.h died b the year 169&, his Will being dated the 17th of Sep-
tember in that year, and proied iu the month of January following, hsTing married
Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Assheton of Aliddleton. There is much UDueiilod
sympathy eipreased for this very diiloyal person in Balnea's BMorg of LaiteailH^,
Tol. iii. pp. 630, 631. Notwithstuidiug the professed subjection of Sir John to a
foreign Sovereign, his family was rcnuirkablc for their contentions with the Abbej
of WballcY, (bcp Wbilakcr's Uislor^ of Whalle^, p. .131 Note ;) oud nol leas remark-

Qraticrn of ISIarttbtmi. 295

George Talbot of Dinkloe Esq. gave to the Poor of Claytou-le-
Daleand Salisbury, .£20; [the] Iiit.[ereat tobe] yearly distributed
by George Entwisle of Clayton, the Trustee. Anthony Shaw of
Clayton gave £\0; [the] Int.[ercrt to be distributed] on Good
Friday to the Poor.

able for their tulgar dread of tUe superstitious of Witchcraft, imother Sir John
averring Ihat his relation, Jane Soiithworth, vae a veritable witch, and that ha did
for the iDOit part forbear to pass her boose, fearing that she would bewitch him. —
Sfe Potts't Diteavtrie of WUcAcrafl, L. 3. The tradlliim of the neighbourhood ia
that the laet nude repreaentativc of the Soathwortha diod in a, workhouse.

■ Lower Hall waa aold in the reign of James I. bj ThoBias Soutbworti Eaq, to Sir
Thoouu Wolmeslc.'}' of Duukcnhnlgh, and is now the property of Ilonrj Petre Esq.
one of the descendants of the Wslmeslcjit.

' Saiesburj Hall was a qnadniDgular house of wood and stone, and pa«se<d from
the Balcsbury to the Clithwoo familj, before the fourteenth century. It contained a
Domestic Cbapel, and on the 6th Idea of September 1371, a Licence was granted by
Bobert, Bishop of Lichfield, to Sir Robert de Cliderbow Knt. and SibiUa hia wife, to
baTe an Orator; at Saleburj for Iho apaee of two Jcarn. — Lit. i. foL 236 b, «> Our.
jArKf. 27th October 1376, a Licence was granted to Dame Sibilla, relict of Sir
Bobert de Cliderow for an Oratory at Salebnry for two years.— 7*. fol. 31 a, ii. The
Estate poased with Sybilla, daughter and heiress of Sir Bobert de Clitheroe, to Sir
BJebard MauliTorer, whose daughtpr and coheiress conTiyed it to her husband, John
Talbot Esq. ; and his descendant, Dorothy, daughter and heiress of John Talbot JEsq.
baring married about the year 167-, Edward Warren of Poynton Eaq, it became
vested in that femily. There ia, howerer, much obscurity respecting the &te of
Sibilla, Lady of Salesbnry and Clayton-le-Dale. According to a MS. Pedigree by
William RadcUffo Eaq. Rouge Croii, she also married 8ir Eoger Fnithorpc Knt,
liord Chief Justice of Irelnnd, and afterwards Richard Radcljflu of Ordsall Eaq.
Bsrheator of Lancashire, drowned in Rosacndalo Water in the year 1380, by whom
•he had issue, Joan EadclylTe, her toU Xeirtaa, who mnnied Sir Henry Hoghton of
Pendleton, _;Hr« (uoru, but dying s.p- gave her Manor of Salebury to Richard Hogb-
ton, her husband's natural aon, living at Lathgnen in the 8d Henry Vl. Sibilla de
ClithiToe is atatud t^ have anrrivcd all her husbands, and to hare been living in the
loth Henry IT. ; but see Whitoker's WTmllfif, p. iS2, on the dilHcultieg of the Uad-
clilTo and Clitheroe Pedigrees. — Latte. MSS. vol. ii. p. S67.

ILoiitia CrstrirneiB.

' ^Ot ©CSmOliES.' Certif.[icd] 15'-

JS^ l'-8'i; out of Thomly, 5l; Kect.[or,]
S'-fr-S-l; Int.[erest] of l^lC, 7'; Dwelling-house, 15'^.

13i-02»-05'i (endowment). Vic's. Ace'- ttu.[noJ 1704. Pap.

The money is in y* hands of Prcsbyt. [erian] Trusteesj who will
give no ace' of y^ Benefact", but pay y" Curate punctually, viz.
[with the] Int.[ere8t] of 140, except w° y Chap.[el] wants
repairing, w" they apply it to that use to save themselves,

Circumf. [erence] about 9 miles.

[The] Inhab.[itanta] of Tockholcs, and part of Livesey, rcptur
to it.

I>iv.[iue] Service ev.[ery] other Sund.[ay. No Warden.]

3 in.[i]e8] from [the] Par.[ish] Ch.[urch; and] 2 m.[ile8] from
any other Chap, [el.]

> Dedicated to St. Stephen the Murtjr. Value in 1834, £95. Keguton begin
in 1813.

Tocliholen is B srotlered tract in tho Township of LiToacj, whieli latter place, at «■
carlj period, {for hare lived in tho time of Henrj III. Ilonrj du LiTescy, (ind in the
□eit roigD Roger hia sod,) gave name to a famil;^ 'he awnen of the greater part of the
land. In the 2d Edward VI. James Lircfcj Qent. held "(he Hanor of lAvemj"
wliioh Dr. Whilakcr observes was never granted or convejed as aueh; and hia
deBCendant, Janjea Livesej Gent, in tho year 1613, also held the aame, and djing
without issue devised bis Estate to hia kiusninn, Ralph Livosey, whoso deaoendoAt,
Hubert Sell Livesej Esq. living in the jeai 1834, sold the ancient possesaiona of hia
family in Toekholes, Pleasington, and Baliierstone, to Ucnry Feildea of Witton
House, and William Faildon of Fenisoowles Esqrs. in whoso fmnilj thoj arc now
veslad ; whilst the Manor of Toekbolee is held bj Laurence Brock HoUinshead Esq.

"Adam, Clerk of Liresay," occura as an attcalor iu (he reign of Edward 1.

The Chapel of Tockholes was a law antique strueture built before the Reformation.
Over the eaat window were the initials of Sir John Radclill'e, and over the door the
date 1G20. The base of an ancient Cross is in the Cliapel-jard. In the year 16S0
one hundred and four femilies belonged to the Clmpcl of Tockholea, including Wilh-
ndl, which adjoined it, and was distant seven miles from the Parish Church of
Leyland. The inhabitants of Withnell desired to be anneied to Toekboles, and to
ba constituted a Parish. There was no settled endowment ; but the County Com-
mitloe aUowed £40 per annum for a Minister. —Pari. I,iq. Lamb. MSS. vol. ii.

A new Church, built iu llie plaw of the ancient dihipidoleii Cliapcl, and dedicated

Hcaners of ISIacltiiunt. 297

Liveaey Hall,' HoUinghead Hall.^ )

^^^ Iirrc is a School-houae lately erected in Tockholes ; the only
^^ endowm' is 20, the Int. [crest of whieli] is applied to the
repairs of the builds by the Trustees, William Walmsley, Jamea
Marsden, Jas, Walmsley, and Rob.[ert] Aytock: (The three last
are Presbyterians,) and, as might be cxpeeted, Wm. Sanderson, a
Presby, is lately eome to teach at the s'' School.

l^M iyomaa SI)arplr» gave 51 to the Poor of Livesey and Tock-
)?^i holes, now in the hands of Ralph Liveaey of Livesey Esq.
[and] the Int. [crest is] distribut'' by him.

{ leailEy,' Stf p [er] an.[num,] viz. Old Sal.[ary] pJ V. i.M.M
I by [the] Abp's Tenant, 28'; augmented by A^v Juxon, s^'at'. a', t.
\0>; paid by y" scv,[eral] Curates of y^ Chappelryes '■ ■'• "■ "
I for East.[er] Dues and Surp.[hce] Fees, pursuant to THSIiV.';!: iS
a Decree ng^ them obtained by Mr. Gey, the late Vicar, 42'. D&M"iiKL
[£i: 8s. lid. was payable to the Clerk in the Church of Whalley,
in 1588, out of the Duchy of Lancaster.]

to St. Stephen, was coiieccrstcd Iilto in 1833. Tho ciponse of the building amounted
to £S,400, of which sum «ii Prektoa eoatributed £300, the Inhsbituits of Bhwkbum
£1,000, tho Church Conunlisionen uid the nobilib; and gvattj of the malm having
tiiroiahed the remainder.

' LitcMj Hull is now the property of Sir William Feilden of FeniscowlM Bart, j
but there are very &« romaina of tho original houa«, long the residencu of the
liireacjB.

• HoUinshcod Hall is q Bmall houac, aituatud in a remote diatriet among the Moors,
and not occapiod bj the owner, Laurcnco B. Holiinshcad Eeq.

■ Dedicated to St. Wilfred i or to All SaintB, according to EcIoh, and tho SCalm
dt Blag. Value in 1831, £137. BegiaCcra bvgin in 1538.

WhaUey, called by tliu Saiona, IVakles, wu a member of the Hundrod of Black-
bum, at the DoDieadn}' Surre;, and waa hi'ld by Edward the CoofesBor. Wiltiam
the Conqueror gare the wholu Huudrvd to Eogcr of Poii-tou, and the musne
lords wore B"ger de Biuli oud Albert Oreikt. On tho dcfootion of Earl Eoger,
VOL. II.] Q Q

398 flotilla Crslriciisis.

Improp. [riator] aud Patron, [the] AH of Caiit.[crbur7.]
Here was a Church in the time of K.[ing] Ethclbcrt, (who
began his reign an. [no] 596, w" S' Aug.[ustiri] came into Eng^,
then called the IHtite Church under Legh, to w'' belonged all
Btackbumshire and Boland; and boc it long continued, till 3
other ChuTcliea were built in Blackbumsliire, viz. Blackburn,
Chcpin, and Ribblechester, cacli of y"' having then y" same limits
it now has. There waB then no other Church or Chappell, nor
was there any Lord who claimed y'' Patronage of any of these,
but every Rectoiir held the Land and Town where his Church
stood as y" endowment of it and his own inhcritanec, and he ap-
pointed one of his sons or kinsmen his succcssour ; and y* Min.
[ister] of Whalley was called Dean not Reclour, and be, and the
Rectoiira, were mostly married men. Thus were these Chiu-chcs
ordered till Will.[iam the] Conquer'" time, and from his time till
the Council of Latcran, an. [no] 1215, The first Lord of all

Ilia lands rerertod to the Crown ; uid this nundri-d n-iis Dgain conferred bj WflJuun
tlic Conqueror on Sir Ilbcrt de Lacy, Lord of the Honor of Pontofraot. In the
20tl) Edward I. Hmry de Lacj, Earl of Lint-oln, proved his clnim to the Wnpen-
tako of BlncVbum from the time of the Couqaist, bnving had & eonfirmulion of it
from Ilonr}' IIT. The mnrriAgc of Thoman, Earl of Lsncasler, in tlie jtai 1310, with
Aliif, dnughter and heiress of Henry Lat'y, Burl of Lincoln, tmnaferrcd the large
possfsaions of Iho Laoys to tho llouiie of Lnnenater, whose bein-sa, the Ladj Blanch,
mother of Henry IV. mldod tho Dnehy of lanoastOT to the English Crown.

According to tho Staitu de Blagbonuhitf, supposed to have been written in tho
fonrteonth century, by John Lindloy Abbot of Wballey, Churches wore built at
Whalley, Bhickbum, Chipping and Kibchestor, about the year G96. Tho inbabituita
of this region, which would include Bochdale and Baddlcworth, ore described a> being
few, intractable, and unoiviJisod, the country OTer-raa with wild beasts, nj]d in a
gmt musaure inoccegsible to men, which induced the Bbhops of Chester and Lich-
field to relinquish the jurisdiction of Ordinary in theso parts to tho IncumbontB or
DBiNe. This Btut« of things continued for four hundred and seventy years, — until
the Norman Conquest. At this em there vras a Church nt Wtmlley dedicated to St.
Mary, and probably to All Sslnta, with two carucates of lajid, free from all customs ;
and the Saxon privileges oF tho Deans continued unimpaired until tho Council of Id-
toran in tho year 121S.

The Parish Chnrcb of Wballey appears from tho Slatiu de Blagbonshire to have
been called Alia Eccleiia tubiiit Leffi, am! from tho three Croases of Paulinua, not
of Auguatinc as stuted in the text, still remaining iu the Churcb-yard, "and from

granfrv of lilacbitHm. 299

Blaclsburnsliirc, was made by y" Couquerour. V.[ide] Dugd.
[ale's] Monasticott, v. Ij p. 899.

This Church was given to Whalley Abbey by Heii.[ry] Lacy,
Earl of Ltucolu, L'' of lUackburnshirc, who, an. [no] 1296, Trans-
lated this Abbey from Staulaw hither.

An. [no] 1330 upon complaint y' y" VicEir had too great a share
of y" profits, to y* prejudice of y* Abbey, to w*'' this Chm-ch was
approp, [riatcd,] tbc Bp of Cov. [entry] and Litclif. [ield] ordered
yt for yB Future the Vic. [ar] sh'' receive only GO marks, 4 quarters
of Oats, and Hay sufficient for liis Horse. Tliis Decree was con-
firmed by [the] A.[rch] D.[eacon] of Chester, an.[uo] 1332.
V.[ide] 0.[W] «.[c//(ricr,] D.D.D.

This Church is dcd.[ieated] to All Saints,

whifh no Biurilegiou* liund will, I trust, ercr remorc Ihcm," (»co Potts's Ditconerir of
Wiltkei, p. 39, Hole ),) recmii to hare been erected m tarlj a» tlio uiitb or eeronth
■.vutaij. This imcient Ddiflit liiu mtinilj disnppoanxl. The praeoDt Churah wu
built about tliD seax 12S3, b; Petct do CcstriA, the first and oiilj Kvctor, a mnu of
great ueclesiiwlictd and politlnd iuUueuce, and, probably, a tislural aon of Jolin de
Lacy. He wm PtoyobI of Bererlpj, and Hector of Slttidburn, ami held tho Living
of Wlaltc; from the jcur 1235 to tbo jear 1S93.

The FHtrooage of tlio ChuR'b wa«, allur tlie Conqnest, iu tho Miuierial onniin,
although the lucccciion wu heroditai^ and tho luoumbents oontinuod to be itjled
Dnn* untQ tho year 1216, when the mBrriBgo of Eccleeiaatius wae fopbiddm by tho
Council of Latvran. WliuUcj then bocame a Boctory in tho patrnnogc of Jolui do
liey, Conatttblo of CheBter. In the year 1291, "the Church of Wh»lley, with Iho
Chapela," wa* ralued at £436. 139. 4d. ; and it was found by Inquisition dniud in tiie
year 1296, that eight parte of the Mother Cbareh of Whalley, the Chapel of the
tmrti of Cliderhou, and the Chapel of Dounom, belonged, according to law and cui-
tom, to the Church of Blakabum. The AdTowson of Whalley wa» given, by Deed,
by Hugh de U Tal, a eonneotion of the Lai^ hmily, along with the Chapel of the
Oaatto of ditheroe, to the Prior and Coiivciit of Ponte&act, who eiereised the pa-
Ironagc for a short time. AAerwarda the patronage m» given by Henry I^kcy, Sari
of Linooln, by Deed dated an the Feast of the Circomciiion, January Ist 1E83, to the
Abb^ of Staiilaw, and the number of the Honks waa ineroased &om forty to sixty.
These conlliclin); elaims to the Advowson couwd much litigation, and it waa not
Ontil (he year 1368 that the Prior of Ponlefraot rehnsed for himself, and hi* sneeea-
■on, all the riftht which ho had lo the Advowsou. The Honks of Whalley, notwith-
«t«nding, appear to finvc paid £100 iterling for the pui»esnioii of the Church. On
the 4(b nones of October 120H, Dom. John do Wbal](7F, Presbyter, obtained a
Licence ut Vork, from Waller de I^ntrton, Biehop of Lichfleld, adilretscd to the

300 §iotitia CtattUntiin.

Whalley Abbey succeeded to y* Right of presenting to this
Church after y death of Peter de Cestriii, who was y^ first called
"Parson" of this Church, and presented as such to y Bp by Rog.
[er] Lacy, to whom Roger, y last Dean, and a Relation to y° s^
Lacy, E.[arl] of Lincoln, gave up j* Right of Patronage, w", by y"
Couneill of Latcran, y" Living could no longer be held by Here-
ditary Right of Succession as formerly ; but Peter de Cestril had
only GO' p-[er] an. [num.] by way of Pension, during y" life of
Roger, who kept all y* rest to himself, as belonging to his \icar-
idge. In the cession of this Right of Patronage [the] Chappella
are mentioned w"" y= Church. Out of [a] MS. in S' F*'«n.[«*]
fVorlley.['a possession,'] coli.[ecteif} by [Dr. WTtiif] Kennett, B.
[iiAop] of Pel.\erborQugh.']

After y* death of Roger de WTialley, -f Parsonage and Vicaridge
were consolidated by [the] B.[ishop] of Litchf. [ield] and Cot.
[entry,] and Pct.[er] de Cestriii put in possession of both. lb.

[A] Vicar [was] presented by Q.[uecn] Eliz.[abeth] an, [no]
R.[egni] 1. Inst.^itution] Blook,] 1, p. 51. Ever since by y*
Abp. of Cant.[erbury.]

Deiui of WarriDgton, aud Robert, Sector of the Church of Standlah, to inetitutc^ hint
cananicslly to the Vicarage of the Foruh Church of Wbotley, on the prescutation of
the Abbej and Conruat of the suae. — Lib. 1/S foL 8 b, in Cur. lAekf.

NotwithBtouding this cleoj- recognition of b Vicarage, and the mLqitioii of " John,
the first Vicar," (p. 147.) and "John, Vicar of WbaDay in 1303," hj Whltaker,
(p. 150,) Ducarcl itatca that "tho Vicamgo was ordained, bj Walter de LougtOD,
Bishop of CoTentrj and Lichfield, on the 12tb kol. April A.D. 1330.— On?. A'oWi&Hr.
foL 43 a. A eopjr of thi> Endowment, confirmod b; Kichard de Uarcringgc, Aroh-
deacon of Cheater, (whoBo Confinnation is dated, Ebor, 7 Id, Aug. a.d. 1332,) ia
eitout in the Lieger Book of Biahop Bridgomou. Tbia Church is callofl Qualle^ in
the Stgitier Book of Archbiahop Winohelsea, at Lambeth, irbero I Qnd the follow-
ing instrument; — "Inqoiaitio do Valore Ecclea. do Qnalleye CooTcntui de Stanlow
appropriate ct do oneribus eidem tncumbrntibuB." — Beg. WiiiekeUea, foL 186 a, 3t8&
Jjon^elh ; Ducarol's Brperlaiy. The patronage of the Vicarage continued in the
Abbot and Coarent of Klialley until the year 1&37, when it was confiscalod bj the
attainder of John Pask'W B.B. the U<t Abbot. The impropriate Kcctorifs of Whal-
le;, Blackburn, and Rochdale, with the Adyowsons of their Vioarsgpa and dependont
Chapels, werev in fulfilment of an incomplete arrangement made between Ilonrj VIII.
and Archbishop Cranmer, I'onTcj-ed to Ihc Sec of Cantcrburj, in eichnngo for more

larAHcni of ISUcMaim. 801

Given to [the] Curates iu thia PariBh by A^ip Juxon, 1201.
Kennett on fmprop.[rialions,] p. 257. But I find only 60' p.[er]
an.Jmim] given to [the] Vicar and Curates. V,[ide] Old Sal.
[ary] and Augm.[entaiion'} of Vic.[ars] and Curates.

The A't, in his Lease of this Rect.[ory,] reserves to himself
and [his] succ. [essors] y" Right of Nominating j" Vicar and all
ye Curates of y* aev" Chappells w^ are therein named, viz. Padi-
ham, Colne, Burnley, Church, Altham, Haslingden, Bowland,
Pendle, Trawden, Rossendall, and [the] Chap, [el] of [the] Castle
of Chthero.

All y" Chappells named in [the] A''P'' Lease were granted in a
Lease made by H.[enry] 8, soon after [the] Diasol. [ution] of
[the] Mon. [astery.]

There are 8 Towns. [hips] w'^* contribute equally to y* Repairs Cotuii^.
of y Church, viz. \A'halJey, Wiswali, Read, (M itton, Henthom, and
Coldecotes,) Pendleton, Simondstone, Padiham, Hapton ; for which
there arc 8 Churchwardens.

[The] Par.[ish] Clerk [is] chosen as the 91st Canon directs,
and his Salary is 40" p.[er] an. [num.]

laluablfi Church property, b; BilirsTd VI. bj Indrotaro dstud the IsC of Juno IE47.
Lane. MSS. vol. li. pp. 220-1.

Tho Primate contiuued to bo the Falroti of the Vicarago of Whslloj' until iU
alienation to tbo FcoSbcs of WiUiam Uolme Esq. in tho j-ear 1846, although
bis Grace never exereisod hia right of nominating tbo Cnralcs to the Chspelj, ag
named in the text. Thia clause, in the but century, gare rise to a Terj animated eoi-
rcspondence on the part of the Rov. William Johnson, the Vicar, with Archbishop
Seeker and Bishop Keeoo, nbich led to tho establishment of the right of the Vicar to
tho patronnge of thi? Chapels. Mr. Johnson iras tho brother of Alan Johnson Qont.
a distinguished attorney at Wakefield, and uncle of the Rer. Croxlon Johnson, Fel-
low of the Collegiate Choroh of Hanchester, and Hector of WilmsJoir. Thaw John-
sons were near conn<s?ti(tns of Archbishop Potter.

Tho Rot. Stephen Gey, Vicar from the year 1663 to the jMr 1603, "a discreet
and prudent cnan," and coostanlly resident. His Will is dated the 4Ih of April 1092,
and was proved at Chester on the 22d of NoTombcr 1608. Ho derised bis ontire
Batale to his wife Dorothy, and appointed her tho guardian of bis only child, Martha
Oe;.— See !fot. Catr. toI. ii. paH i. p. 109, Not* a.

By Indenture dateil 10th Sept. 14th Car. 8, and another dated 5th Aug. 2ilh
Car. 2, Archbitbop Jmon uhtd £130 per annum amoni; (he Curates of this Farish —

302 j^tftia Ccniricnsta.

The Churcli is 3 m.[ilca] &om any Chap. [el] iu j* Par.[ish.]
There are several Gentlemen's seats; [but] none remarkable
besides Whalley Abbey.

^^^ ere ia a School Founded by Edw.[ard] 6, an. [no] R.[egm]
g§^ 2, at which time it was stated that " a (rram^ School had
been kept continually at Wlialley," and endowed w"' 20 marks
p. [er] an. [num,] payable out of y^ Exchequer. Given since by
S' Edm.[und] Ashcton, at severall times, 70', and by John Chewe
Gent, in 1629, 10", [the] Iut.[erest] to be p-^ to y" UahErj but
there being no Usher, the Master receives it.

The Vicar and Gentlemen nominate y= Master.

[The] Writings [are] in ye hands of Mr. Chew of Whalley.

[Tliere are] 13 Scholarships in Brazcnosc Coll. [cge] given to
Sdiolars that come from [the] Schools of Whalley, Middle-
ton, and Burnley. V.[ide] Case conc.[eming'] the Sal.[ary] of
IS'^fr-SJ. Pap. Reg. V.[ide] Middleton.

^^^ tre ia a Poor Stock, of w^*" Mr. Thos. Whitakcr of Symond-
g3^ stone, and Mr. Obadiah Chew are Trustees, belonging to y"
8 Towns cliargeable w"" y* Repair of y Par. [ish] Church, amount-

Lantlelh Leases; Duparera Eep. of l'U\; Lamb, Libr. Mow the benEvoleot iiitcn-
tioiu of the ArobbLsbop were, if at all, &uiilrBt«d apprHra tu bo imknoniii but on
the renewal of these leiuci, Ma Grace reserved out of the Boctory of Wludley, tbe
Eoetei Boll and Surplice Duob, which he ^ve to the Vicarage of Whailey and to tbe
Parochial CluipelHea, on condition thai the Incumbcntg of the Uller should recciTe
the same within their respoctiTO Cures, nud should pay thu Viears of Whallej £42 A
jmr, ia rarious pruporliona. This arrangement still exists.

The Church of Whalley is partly late Perpendicular, olthotlgh tlio Tower is anp-
potod to be the work of Feter de Cratrii, the long-Ured Bcctor. The interior con-
eiatii of a NaTe, Aisles, aod Choir, the latter built in the first age of Pointed Archi-
tecture, containing eighteen of the splendidly earved onk Stalls rescued froin tho
spoils of the Abbey, and which hare lately been carefully restored by John Taylor
of Moreton Hall Esq. The Chantry of St. Mary in the South Aisle is appropriated
to the Abbey, and here the daily service was read for more than one hundred years
duriug tho building of tho Abbey ; and that in tho North Aisle to the Manor of Little
Mitton, and was the burinl place of the Cutturalls. Tlie East Window in St. MaryV
Chapel lias licen reetoreil, willi mut-b tMlc. at the eipi-ufi- uf WilUunt Cunlitl'o Brooks

drancrt? of lilacbfium. 808

ing to 245', given by 8cv.[eral] persona at scv.[eral] times, of w*^''
68' odd money, by Mr. John Chew of Whalley; [Peter Ormerod,
Vicar, in 1631, 10';] and 70' by S' Edra. [Ralph] Asheton, [by
Will in 1679.] Given to Whalley only, by [Mr. Richard Wad-
dington, or] Mrs. [Ellen] Wadington, (in 1072,] 30' ; [Elizabeth]
Lady Asheton, (in 1684,) 20'; Mrs. [Alice] Kenyon, (in 1683,)
20'; Mr. [Robert] Edwards, Merchant Taylor in London, (before
1681,) 106', for putting out apprentices. Cerlif.[icale] of James
Matthews, Vicar, llth of April 1723.

Eiq. M.A. ; and Mr. Tajlor proposes to substitute oak benchcfi, witli onininentcd
beads, in tho same Chapel, tneteml of the muighttj modem pew> vthich now disfigure
it. It is also bitended to remove the bIom work of the Ciereatoty Wbdowi, and
reltore them to their ancient state bj Glliog them wLtli stained gloss. A hondaome
moDUment of Caen stone, being a cumbent elEgj on on altar tomb, was ptocod in the
year 1842, on the North side of the Chancel, to commemorato tiie learning and worth
of the Bet. T. D. WMtaker L.L.D. the Vicar and Historian of this Porieh, who died
Januaiy lEth 1822, in hie sixtj-third j-ear. Tho very ch^nt inscription is &om tLa
pen of the Rev. I>r. CardweU, Principal of St. Albnn's Hall, Oiford.

In the jear IGoO it was found that the Vicarage had been presented to by tbe lute
Archbishop of Canlcrburj, the Appropristur. Mr. Kichohis Agboton was the farmer
of tbo Tithes by demise. There waa an old Vicarage House, and £38 per amiimi
paid to Mr. William Walker M.A. on able, orthodox DiTine, being his whole Sfiaxy,
The Purisli contained thirtj-Gve TownsliipB and fourteen Chapels. — Part. laq.
Lamb. 3[SS. vol. iL There are now not fewer tbon forty-flre Chapels, including
tboso of Clitberoe, Colne, and Burnley, witMn the Parish — I had almost written
Dioctwo — of Wbaliey. At tho Vicarage is tept a Kecord called the "Liber Eeulesiie
de Wballi^," of all facts and letters relating to tho Mother Churcb as well as to the
different Incumbencies. The Grst Volume bears tho following Dedication, in the
hand-writing of Dr. Whitaker : —

"Uunc Librum

Ex schedis disjectis

Concinnutum & compacttmi

Succeesoribus Commendnt

D. T. Whitaker

Hand jure I
Wilhelmi Johmon
Quondam Vicarii de Whalley.
A.D. 1809."

i^otitia GrstrirnaiB.

s ^^ff GJttl'NG jrON,' UNDER Althaw,

^S AcBiNGTON-NovA, Certif.[ied] IS'"",
being y Int.[erest] of 15', of w"" 10' was left by A.[iin] Kenyon,
the Interest to be p^ to the Min' of Acer, [ington] Chapel, now
in the hands of George, son of Mr. John Lousdall, her Executor ;
and 5' by John Gryme, {now in the hands of Nathanael, grandson
of Nathanael Haworth, his Executor.) Subscrip. [tions] are said
to amount to 8' ■ 12'.

This Chap, [el] is served by y* Curate of Church Kirk, who
preaches here once a month.

5 m,[ilc8] from Whalley, [and] 1 ni.[ile] from y= next Chap, [el.]

[Lower Antlcy,^ Hollins,^ and Dunnishope.*]

■ Dedirated to St. James. Vnlue b 1834,, £158. Kt^gistere bpgin in 1766.

AkcnngtoD naa granted to Uugh, bod of Lcoftrine, bj Henr^ de Lacj, in the lime
of Honrj II. but hnviiig boco rolcaaed hj the Oruitee, the Till ttu aft«-»ardii given
to the Abbt^j of Kirkstall Dear Leedi, by his bod, Robert de Lacj, irho died in tho
jear 1193, " pro amoru Dei et pro salute anicue men et Yaabel uioria aieei heeredum
et anteceisorum meorum." Thb was, howerer, rather aa rachange tlian a gift u it
appear! that tlie Orange of Clitacher, which had been given lo Ktrkatall b; Hobcrt
de Lac;, wm rightfuUy elaimod bj Sir Riehiird de Elland, nnd being relinquished by
tho Monk), the Tdl of Akcrington wa» ranicjed to them in its stead. Id the IGth
Edward I. tho Abbot and Convent released a!l (heir right ia AiKringtoo, Clivacher,
ud Handootes, to Hcnrj da Lacj, Karl of Lincoln, in consideration of a jearlj paj-
ment of tflj markB plerling. Like the other Estutr« of the Earls of Lineoln,
Accringtan merged in tho Duchj of I^oMBter j and after having been laa«ed bj the
Crovru to the ShcrbtimDs of Ston^huraC, wa« submjuimtlj granlod out to different

The Chapel is supposed bj Dr. Whitakcr to have buen originally an Oratory fo»
the Grange, but of no high antiquit;. It was staled a ChanlTj in the Ist Edward TI.
and was sold, with one Bell, in the Tlh Edward VI. b; Sir Richard Sberbume,
Edmund Traffonl, and Francis Bold Esqrs. Commissioners of Chantries, to the
lohabitaDls, for 46«. 8d. as a Chapel for Divine Sorvico. Boines's stntument that this
Chapelry was taken out of Altham and erected m tho year 1577, is incorrect, (voL iiL
p. 1S2.) Dr. Whitaker merely etntos that it wae in ciistenec in the year 1677, being
called in that year by Uarrison, "Alkinglon Chapel." In tho your 1650 the Chapelij
was retamcd as not being Parochial, but coasteting of one iargo Townfihip, vet. et noro,
comprising two hundred fomilics, six miles from tho Parish Church, and without any
endowment. Mr. Roger Konyon, an able and orthodox dirine, received £40 per
annum from tho lale Counly Commitloe. The inhabitants desired to bo made

Orancr» of BlacMurn. SOS

J EtE is a School,* [but] not endowed. ^ctjaol.

^^ eft to ys Poor by John Gryme, 5', [in the hands of Emor etnritirit.
^S Risliton ; the Rev.] Mr. [ElUs] Cunliffc, 20 nobles, [the
Interest to be paid to the Poor every Good Friday, now in the
hands of Mr, John Hindle, upon Bond ;] Mrs. [Katharine] Cun-
liffc, 5', [the] Int, [crest] to buy a Bible to be given every New
Year's Day to that Parish Child which can read best : the money
is now in the hands of Mrs. Jane Cunlifi'e. — Certif. [icaie] of Mr.
H. Rishton, Cur.[ate,'\ 1718.

Parochial. — Pnrf. Inq. Lamb. MSS. toI. ii. Tbo Chapel wu reboilt in the jewi
1763, enlnrgud !□ lhi> jear 1804', and again rebuilt in the year 1827, when two ban-
drcd and fort;r-sii odditiaual sittings were obtaiuod.

The BcT. Soger Saj M^, Frebcndary of Sarum, and Keotor of Fittlebin, the
second Founder of Baij School, (eeo A'al, Certr. part ii. p. 31, Note 11,) gave by
Will dated the 10th of April 1729, £100 towards obtaining the Queen's Bouot; for
ougmcnting the endowment of the Chapel of Accrington, provided £100 was raised b;
the Inhabitaiitti of that Chapelrj, tu Qnish and complote Iho said augmentation within
three jam from the death of the testator, otherwioe the legoc]' to lapse. Mr. John
HopkiaBOnof Aotlej Hull, gave £100, and on the 34tb of August 1731 the OoTemora
carried Mr. Kaj'a piuiu iuteution into cStict.

* Lower Antle; was the seat of Kolph RiahtoQ in the 15th Uuarf VII. and is now
a fiirm house. It passed bj the Will (dated 2d Jan. 1666,) of OeolTre; Risbtuu Esq.
M.D. of St. Mary's HaU, Oion, and M.P. for Preston, to his son, Edward Rishton
Esq. who married (Coy. dat.>d 2ad Sept. 1675,) Loey, daughter of GBorgo Pjgot of
Preston Esq. and whono bods, the Rev. George Bishton of llalton. Clerk, and the
BoT. Edward Biahton of Mltton, (afterwards of Almondbury,) Clerk, eonveyod tho
Estate, by sole, to their brother. in-law, John Hopkinson of Blackburn, Chapman, in
the year 1721. The Estate was mortgaged in the jeae 1728 to the Rev. Roger Kay,
BectOF of Fitlleton, and being charged by bim with an annuity of £2l> to the Qo-
Teraors of the Grammar School of Bury, was sold to hia oophen, Boger Kay Qent. in
the year 1733. It is now the inheritance of Robert Kuttall Esq. by dosocnt from the
Kays. — La-K. MSS. »oi. luL p. 308, et mj.

' Hollins is a largo and ancient mansion which become the property of Robert Cun-
USe in the latter part of the sixteenth ceuturj. EUis, second son of his diwceudant,
John Cunliffc, was the lather of Foster CunliU'e of Liverpool, merchant, whose son.
Sir Ellis Cunliffc M.P. for Liverpool, was created a Baronet in the year 1769. Thii
Estate was mortgaged in the year 1723 by Nicholas Cunliffe of Wyeollar Esq. to the
Bcv. Roger Kay, and lost lo tho family on a foreclosure by his brother, Mr. Richard
VOL. II.] H It

806 fijotHUi Cnttneiute.

atjap.|lat. ^W *«»ai«,> Certif.[ied] 11> . 15» . 004,

ftugtit. >BsS Tiz> paid by [the] Abp. [out of the

Am. ...... 79 Tithes,] 101; Sarp.nioe] fees, I'-S'-S^.

ACTington Served by j^ Curate who officiates at Croodshaw^ who Preaches
imm. m. indep. here once a month.

[ind. An.[no] 1299^ Pet.[er] de Cestri& being possessed of y« Rec-

tory of Whalley obtained this Chappell by a definitiye Sentence
as dependent npon his Church. MS. Wortley. y.[ide] Whallst.

Kay of WoodhUL It passed in marriage, in the year 1734^ with Mary, daughter and
coheiress of Boger Kay Gent, and great niece of the Ber. Boger Kay, to Bobert
Nuttall of Bury, merchant, and is now the property of his great-grandson, Bobert
Nuttall of Kempsey House in the county of Worcester Esq. — Lame, MS8. toL zzzL
p. 808, et seq.

* Donnishope became the residence and property of Bobert Bnshton, fourth son of
Balph Boshton of Antley, in the time of Henry YIIL There are few remains of the
old Hall, which is now the property of J. Piccop Esq.

' This School was built in the year 1716, and endowed by Jonathan Peel Esq. in
the year 1820, with £1000.

> Dedicated to St. James. Value in 1834, £117. Begisters begin in 1696.

Hugh de Alvetham held the Manor in the reign of King John, by the eighth part
of a knight's fee, being the descendant of Hugh, son of Leofwine, to whom it was
granted by the first Henry de Lacy. John de Alvetham, great-grandson of WiDiam,
and the brother and heir of Hugh, left a daughter and heiress, Johanna, who, about
the 10th Bichard XL married Bichard, son of John Banastre, and firom this marriage
descended, in a direct line, Nicholas Banastre Esq. who, dying in the year 1694^ was
succeeded by his two sisters, Maiy and Isabella. The former married Ambrose Walton
of Marsden Hall €knt. by whom she had issue two sons and six daughters. The
younger son died unmarried ; and Henry, the elder, married Elisabeth Wainhonse,
and left issue Banastre and Ambrose, who both dying without issue, the Estates
passed, under the Will of the former, in the year 1784, to his cousin, the Ber.
Bichard Wroe M.A^ Bector of Badcliffe. Mr. Wroe was the only son of the Ber.
Thomas Wroe, Fellow of the Collegiate Church of Manchester, (son of Dr. Wroe
the Warden,) by his wife Mary, younger daughter of Ambrose Walton and Mary
Banastre, their eldest daughter, Mrs. Lonsdale, haying died s.p. in the year 1771.
On the death of the Ber. Bichard Wroe, who had assumed the surname and arms of
Walton, the Estate and Manor passed to his son, B. T. Wroe Walton Esq. who died
unmarried in April 1846, and are now in the possession of his sister, Miss M. A.
Wroe Walton of Marsden Hall.

The Chapel of Altham was founded by Hugh, the son of LeoMne^ with four

ISranrr^ of JSIarltburn.

307

Geoffrey, Junior, the last Dean of Whalley before Roger his
Bon, gave y" ChappcU of Aluethara to Robert his Brother, nomine
VicaruB de fVhalley. Ib.

Old Allowance from [the] Abp. p^^ by y* Tenant of y" Rect.[or,]
4"; added by Abp. Juxon, &, as appears by Receipt, an. [no] 1663.

[A] Curate [was] Licensed to Althom and Cliurch-K.irk an.
[no] 1690. Subs.lcription} Book.

Mr. Curzou' gave lOOC tow.[ardB] the Aug. [mentation] of this

and 4 other ChappcUs in this Pariah, an. [no] 1722, nz. 2001

to each, by taking lOOOi &om y° Queen's Bounty, and setthng

'■ 100' p. [er] an.[num] in Land, to be divided among y' Curates of

y* 5 Chappclls. In consideration of W* the Right of Nominating

bOTstra of lanil, intending it for a Parish Church, baring obtainiMl tlio oonsent of
Q«)Btej-, Dcnn ot Whalley, who appointed his eon to the Rectory ofAitham. Ths
erectioQ of this intondcd Farieb wsa opposed by Peter de Ceatri^ Hector of Whalltiy,
wbo, in the year 1241, obtaiiicd a Papal decree pronouncing it a dependency of
Whalley. This net did not settle the dispute, aa William do Staundon, oRtdol of the
.ArchdcacoD of Chester, stated to Bobert, Archbishop of Canterbury, (the 8eo of
Lichiicld hving lacant by thu death of Soger de MeuLmd,) on the 4th of June 1296,
that the Parieb Church of Altham had been considered Parochial from a remote
praiod, but that the rcligioui contended it was a Chapel dependent upon the Church
tt \MialIey, and that the right of patronage of the Church of Altham was then in
I dispute betwoBn the Lord of Altbam and the Monks, — CoHcker Book iff Wkalln/.
1 was ended in the year 1301 by Simon de Altham surrendering hia
a the AdTowson in consideration of £20, and 300b. for the expenses of the suit.
■ Hadeliffe was the last Curate presentod by the Abbey, and was Uving in
vlBSE. From the year 1S4T to the year 1722, the patroniigo of the Churob
1 in the Vicar of WhuUey, and waa transferred to Mr. afterwards Sir
Katbanael Curzon, in the manner stated in the tcit. The AdTowson was sold by
Lord Howe to B. T. Wroe Walton Esq. the late Manorial owner, and is now veitcd
in his Bisl4!r.

• Nathanacl Curaon of Kcddleston Esq. was returned M.P. for CUthcroo in the year
1722, in which year, and not " about the year 1720," (awording to Dr. WHtaker,) he
BQgmented these Chapels, and succeeded, as fourth Baronet of the lamily, in the year
1727. Ho married at Middleton, on February the 19th 1716-17, Mary, danghtef
d coheiress of Sir Raphe Asshetoii Bart, and died in the year 17&S, Icai
F two sons. Sir Nathanacl, crested Earon Scorsdalc, in the year 1761 ; and Assheton,
I ereated Baron Cunon in the year 1794, Tiscount Curson in the year 1S02, and dying
I in the year 1820, was succecdHl by his grandson, Richard William, who inherited hie
mother's Barony of Howe, and was <Teat«l Earl Howe in Iho year 1821, aFauminp

308 0.otitia CcBhirnaw.

to these 5 Chappells was granted to him by [the] Ordinary, Pa-
tron, and Vicar, and vested in him by [the] Govern. [ors,]
, Altham.a

2 Wardens,

3 m.[i]es] from Whalley; 2 m.[i]e3] from [the] next Chap.[el.]
No School nor Charities. Cerli/.[icale] o/ Nich.[ola3] Houghton

Cur. Wm S'" 17, 1718.

Ctap.Daf. ^1^ SSUKMil,' Certif.[ied] SS'-ie*.

auflm. i^l 09^, nz. Given by two A''i«, U' ■ 10";

^™- »• by Mr. Nicholas Townlcy of Royle, charged upon Cuckowridge

H»^*'^s77 tenem', ll-3'-9''; Pens, [ion] from [the] Dutchy, 4^; Ded.[nct]
^ftWutiMJ^ Fees, 3'-18'.4^; Surp. [lice] Fees, 6i.l8».Oi; Keeping the R^gis-

[«.6a*iDd.4.]jj,r^6..8d.

the name nnd arms of Hoivc. ThiB cicellent nobldnan, who ia Lord Chsmbcrlain to
the Qiiccn Downger, suprceded to the Pfttrouago of those Livings, thus obtained by
hj» ancestor ; but has flincu dinposcd of the AdToWBOn;.

Tlie South-Eset Aisle of the Chnrch belonged to the Manor-house, and was pro-
bahly a Chnntrj, dcdimted to " our Ladjo of Alvetham," aa such a Patroneas ocCTin
in the year 1461, It ia the huriBl plncc of the AltbamB, Banaitrea, and Waltons.

In the yunr 1650 Altham nas dcaeribcd as a FarochiBl Chapelry, four nii!i!s from the
Pariah Church, and comprising one hundn^ ami fifty familie*. Mr. Thomas Jollj,
an able Divine, ruoeived £10 from the Farmer of the Rectory ; £30 by onlor of the
late County Commitlcu; nnd a grant of £50 from the Committee of Plundered Minia-
ten, out of the iwqucstercd Eelste of Thomas Cliflon Esq. a Papist delinquent i bnt
had no benefit from it in regard of a Bent due to Christ Church CoUcge, Oxford,
irtiich was yet in arrear. The InhabitsntB desired to have a Parish formed distinct
from that of Whalley.— PoW. Inq. Latuh. Lihr.

In the year 1705 Mr. John Taylor, the Incumbent of Allliam and Churchkirk,
received £10 for each of his Livings from Sir Balph Asaheton of Wlinlley Bart.
which was nU hia lucomo. He stated that there was a Cliapel under Altham, with-
out any endowment at nil.— Jfo'W" Paroci. iomJ. Libr.

" Altham Hall was originally aurrounded by a deep qundmngnlar moat; and th«
present farm house was built with the materials of the old Hall. It ii the propnty
ofMiaa Wroe Walton.

' nedioated to 8t. Peter. Valtie in 1834, £770, Betters begin in 1562.

Dr. Whitakcr roniectures thai Burnley was a Roman jclllcmenl upon a vicinal

^

Scancrv of Uiacitbum. 300

Given for Reading Prayers, 20, by Rob.[ert] Hartley, out of
Copyholds, but for want of Surrender, Dubious; It. [em,] given
by Mr. Townley ^ Shuttleworth — Haydock, l'-3"-6'', precarious.

Old Allowance from [the] Abp. and pJ by [the] Tenant of [the]
Beet, [or,] 4^; added by A'r Juxon, 7'-10», as appears by receipt,
1663.

The Curate is Nominated by 3 Justices of y^ Peace, inhabiting
next to y Chappell, according to a Decree in Q.[ueen] Eliz'»
time. Ricb.[ard] Kippax was thus nominated to y^ Bp, an. [no]
1690 ; but he declared, under his hand, y* he accepted y* Curacy
in y* Right of y* A^v of Cant. [erbury,] and had a Licence granted
him w"" y* consent of the Vicar of Whallcy. V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

way between Ribchwfer and Almoniibury ; and thr number of Boman coins found in
tho Doighbourhooil atrongtbena the coojecturo. Adjoining the Cliuroh, snd contigu-
DOS to a &iAA called "Bishop Lrop," i» a Cross of Trrj great antiquity, auppooed to
commemorst-o the preaching of PauIinuB. Thia venerable relic i« of large sice, bound
by gimplc flJlets, and tenninating at the apei in a spiral form. In the reign of King
John, Kogorde Jjiejgnintrd lo Qooifrpj, Doan of Whalley, progenitor of the Towne-
Il^s, (Covcker Book, p. 1074,^ common of pasture in Bmnlcia, a» parcel of tbe Honor
of Clitheroe; and in the 35th Henry III. Edmund de Lapy held the Manor. In the
22d Edward I, Henry Ae Lacy obtiined a Charter for a Market every Tueaday, at hii
Manor of Bniuley in Lancashire ; and also for a Fair, (o be held annually on the Ere,
Day, and Morrow aftsr the FoBBt ot 89. Petar and Paul. The Manor became vested
in the Crown as parcel of the Duehy of Laneoatcr, and was Bubscqucntly granted bj
Charlea II. to Monk, Duke of Albemarle, wboae son having bequeathed Mk Eatatea to
hia wife, she devised them to her aeconil husband, BtJph, Duko of Montagu, and tha
Manerial rigbta are now exerciaed by Lord Montagu, second aoo of Henry, Duke of
Bnocleuch, by bia wife Elixsbeth, aole child of George, Duko of Montagu, Lord of
tbo Honor of Clitbcroe.

The greater Ferpctnal Curacies [Parochial Chapelries] are often ealli-d Pariahsa,
and BO Burnley (ttsclf a member of the Parish of Whalley,) ia called ti
oa it ia written in the Life of Dr. WiHiam WhUaker, by Abdios Asheton, [Fellow
of St. John's, Cambridge, and Sector of Middletou,] in tho year 1699; and bj
Novell himaelf, in the reversionary grant of the Hart's Horn Inn, to "William
Whittaere of the Uolme in the Parishe of Bumeley, and now Stadent in
sitye of Cambridge." — Churton'a lAfe i^f Dean NoiPtU, Note p. 386. The Cbnnth rf
Burnley was granted in the reign of Henry I, by Hugh dc la Val, to tho Monks of
Pontefract t but failing to catabbsh their right to tho Advowson, it reverted on the
rercraol of Iho attainder of RobiTt do Lacy, to the Abbey of Stanlaw, tbe Paront of
Whalley, In the ycsr 12ltfi the Altarage nf llie Chapel of Briitil. amonnted to

310 fijotitiA etntxUmii^

The Decree of Q.[aeen] Eliz.[abetli]* was made in Affirmance
of a former Decree made 2 Edw.[ard] 6, w^ settles 4^-8»«ll^
upon y« Curate of Burnley; and now y« Inhab.ptants] promise
to make that summe 20 marks, for y^ better maintenance of a
Curate to be chosen by 3, or at least 2 Justices, next Inhab.
[iting] and dwelling to y« s^ Chappell. V.[ide] Decree in Beg.
[M/ry.]

Mr. Edm.[und] Townley and [the] Inhab. [itants] bought 4^

XX marcs ; and the Tithes of the yariotis Townshipe oonstitatiiig the Chapebj at
that early period, are stated with much distinctness in the WhaHej Chartnlarj.
A Chaplain was appointed to Burnley by the Incumbent of the Mother Church,
with an allowance of four marcs a year. In the reign of Edward HL the Church
was re-edified, and the East Window is supposed to be of that age. In the 24th
Henry Vlll. a contract was made for rebuilding the North and South ^'hjlings*' of
the Church, and eighteen buttresses, for the sum of £lx. The North Aisle and the
Nave appear to have been rebuilt ; but the South Aisle remained in its original state
until the year 1789, when it was rebuilt, with a gallery over it, at a cost of £1,000.
The style of the architecture is debased. The Patron is Bobert Townky Parker
Esq.

Burnley was returned in the year 1650 as a Parochial Chapetry, comprising three
hundred £unilies, and seven miles distant firom the Parish Church. Mr. Henry
Morrcs, an able and orthodox Divine, reoeived £11. 10s. Od. from the Farmer of the
Bectory ; £4. Ss. 4d. out of the Duchy lands ; and £24. Is. lid. by order of the late
County Committee. The Inhabitants desired that they might hare a distinct Puish.
— Pari. Inq. Lamb, MSS, yoL ii. Briardiffe-cum-Extwiale desired that they might
be allowed to erect a Chapel *' within themselves, being 100 fiunilies," and that a com-
petent maintenance for a Minister might be allowed by the Government. — PitrL Imq.
Lamb, MSS. vol. iL

' It appears from this Decree of Queen Elizabeth mentioned in the text, and dated
the Slst of her reign, (1588,) that in the 2d Edward YI. a Commission under the
great Seal was directed to Sir Walter Mildmay, and others, for the establishment and
maintenance ** of Scholes, Prechers," &c. and reciting that Burnley was a Chapel of
Ease, and contained four Chantries ; that John Aspden, Minister, officiated froia the
2d Edward VI. to the 8th Elizabeth, when he died ; since which time, being twenty-
two years, there had been no Minister nor allowance. The Inhabitants prayed that
another Minister might be appointed, with the consent of three neighbouring Jus-
tices of Peace, and that £4. 8s. lid. being a pension allowed by Edward VL and all
•nears, should be paid, by instahnents, to Laurence Habergham of Habergham Esq.
and others : the Queen, with the advice of the Chancellor of the Duchy, continued
the allowance of the pension, but whether the ** three Justices" obtained the desired
9Hq ■esms more than doubtful --Laue. MSS.

29canfrs of Blarbtiurn. 311

p.[er] aii.[num] in pres*, and 8^ p.[er] an.[num] in reversion, and
gave [it] towards [the] Augment, [ation;] valued at 200'. Augm.
[ented] an.[no] 1716.

This ia supposed to Lave been a Chantry,^ as appears by [an]
Inscript. [ion] in y* Chap, [el] cut in wood, viz. "Quod ego Joh's
Townley miles Fundav-i ct Ordinavi hanc Cantariara in honorcm
beate Marise Virginia pro bono statu mco et Isabellaj uxoris mese

dum vixerimus et " And in y" Register Book

are these words, viz. " S' Gilbert Fairbanck, Chantry Priest of
Bamlcy, sepult. fait 29 day of Jan. 1565."

4 Wardens, [and] 4 Assist, [ants.]

5 m.[Llesj from Whalley; 2 ni.[ile8] from [the] next Chap, [el.]

On tbo S3d of KoFFinber ITIS, John, Bishop of London, issui^d a comioiaBian
to WiUiam Fcnen Esq. Dr. Whalley, Pifirco Slarkie, Thomoa Towniey, and Eobert
Parkor, Eaqra. Dr. Uenry Halsted, the Bevds. Mr. Malthowi, Mr. Holmo, Mr.
BbtIow, and Mr. Eaughton, or aaj Ihrw of tbem, to cnquiro into the Talue of
certain Estates belonging to Mr. Eilmunil Townley, irbo had proposed to givo £200,
and nleo to releaee bis title during hia life, to a tunemcnt in Bomley, of the yearly value
of £i, which ho had already nettled upou that Cunu.-y aflor his deceaso ; and alio to
roiivi.7 the reToraion of a maaanBgu in Uigham within the Rectory of WTudley, of the
value of £8, (in which there was only one life, aged above »i»ty-eight years,) on con-
dition of £200 being given by the Q-oreniors of Queen Aline'a Bounty, and the Ad-
vowaoQ conveyed to him. — Lane. MSS. vol ui.

' At the Reformation tbo Church cootaincd four Chantriee, and that to which
reference is hero made waa founded in the IGth Henry VII. and endowed with a rmit
of seven markj. Sir Kichard Townulej of Towneley, by Will dated the 26th of Jul j
1G53, Bayn, " I give my Sowle to Aim. God my Maker and Bedeemer, by whose g;r>ce
Hud mercy, and by the meritta of Christ's pasaion, I trust to be aaved, and my body
to be bniyed in y" p'ish Church of Burnley, within the Chappe! on y' North aide of
y* Church, conunonly called our Lady's Cbappcl," and founded by hia grandfather, Sir
John, eldest son of Sir Richard Townoley. — Lane. MSS. Certain lands and Uiae-
ments, parcel of the poasetsions of the late dissolved Chantry in the Church of
Burnley, were oonveyed to Richard Towneley Esq. Dooember 5th, in the 2d Edward
VI. and aro mentioned in his Will. Tbo Chapel ia eiluated at the East end of the
North Aisle, within a parcloae, being the burial place of the Townelcf family, and
commonly called the "Towneley Choir." It oonlaina numerous mouumenta of the
hmily. Tlie other Chantries were the Rood Altar iu tbo Bood Loft, now removed;
and the AJtars of BS. Peter and Anthony ; but the founders appear to be unknown.

Whitakcr says that Sir Gilbert Fairbank was properly the Incumbent of the
Church, (p. 327,} and that he aurvivod to the year 15G0. In the year 1635 Oeoi^-

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Batltf. Haljcrgham,* Tovmelcy,* Hesandfortb,^ Eowley,' Extwisle,^

HuratwoodjS Ormerod,'" Barcroft," Royle,'* Healey.'^

• SQ^ f^P '^ ^ School,'* Free only to y* Inhab. [itants] of this
i^ Chappelry. [The] Sal.[ary] of [the] Master is 20" p.[er]
aD.[iiiim,] clear of al] charges, who is nominated by 4 Feoffees,
the Curate, aud substantial! I uhab. [itants. The] Writings are in
y^ hands of Rob, [ert] Parker of Extwisle Esq.

HargrCTrH wBs tho Incumbent, ond Sir Gilbert Fajrbank, Peter AdlyngtoD, and
John Rjlf^, B-cre Chantry Pricsta of Bumley. — ionc. MSS. voL tlv. p. 45. And
from the year 1&48 to the year 1665 John Acpden wns the Mimster, ao that Sir
Gilbert waa merely a Cbantiy Prieet, a» etsted in the teit.

* HnberghiiDi Hull vis the resident of & family of thu same uuno in the yoar 1201,
of whieh *linH and Sabina de Haubrtnghaoi Utigatcd the poBsesaion of four boiatea of
land against their aiater Eugenia. Boger de Lory, who died in the yiiir 1211, gave
to Matthew de Hambringham two boTat«s of tond in Ilambringham. The bat beir
male of tbia ancient family was John Halwrgham Esq. who waa bom in tbe year
1650, nud died iasuoloas in the beginiiiog of thu hist eenluiy. The Estate pusitod, by
the foredoBuro of a mortgage, to George Hnlated of Manchester, M.D. whone aon
dcrised it to the Rev. Henry Halated, Beelor of StanaEeld in Suffolk, and he, after
the death of his BOa, without issue, to the Hnlgtcde of Bowley, by whom it wu
sold. It is now tho property of Frcdton Holt of Mearley Hall Esq. There are still
eonaiderable remaina of the old hall.

' Towneley, the seat of a futnily of the aamo name, descended from SpHrtlingus, the
Grst Dean of Whalley upon record, who lived before tlie Conquest. Tunleia waa
granted between the yeus 1193 and 1211, to GeoSVey the Elder, by Soger de Lacy,
in marriogo with hia dnaghter. Richard do Tonk-j, the Ust heir male of the Diana
of Whatley, left issue two daughters, of whom, Cccilin, married about the 4l:li Edward
III. John de ia Legh, who assumed the nimie of Townloy, and was the progenitor
of Charles Towneley Esq. the present owner. The Park was enclosed in the yew
1490.

Tlie Hall, at the beginning of the lost century, was a complete quadrangle, ofwhiuh
tho South aide still remaining, hiis wiUls more thtin sii fi-et thick, eonstruetod with
groat work. Tlie side opposite to this was rebuilt by Riehncd Towneley Esq. imme-
diately before his death in the year 1628 ; but the new building applied to it on tho
North, was the work of William Towneley Esq, who died in the year 1741. On the
Horth-East side, now laid open, were two turrets at tho angles, a gateway, a Chapel,
and a earriaty, with a library over it, the work of Sir John Towneley, in the time of
Henry YII. Opposite to the side of the quadrangle, now demoLshed, is the ball, m
lofty and luminous room, of modem style, rebuilt in the year 1T3S, by Richard
Towneley Es.j. The house is a lorgo and Tcnerable pile, with two deep wings, and as

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3' ■ 12' a year &om lands in Alvcrthorpc, Yorks. [hire ;] 5 marks
a year on lands given by Mr. Sag;cr ; [in] 1696 [the] Rev. Edm.
[und] Townley, Rector of Slaidburn, gave Ackerlcy's Ten' ; Rich.
[ard] Townley Esq, of Royle, gave in 1699, a ten' called Cockridge,

muij towen, embatlled and aupportod at the onglea b; etrong projecting buttresses,
nil of which contribute to give it a fonoiiinblc and cBetollated appearance. — Wliitaker'a
WTutlleii, p. 341. Baincs erroneouslj states that the Townloian Collection of Karbloa
«M " presented to iJie British Museum far the gratification of the nation, by Pere-
grine EdmDDd [Edward] Tonnlej, [Townelej] Eeq. the owner of tbie Manorial man-
sion" The coUeutioQ was not presented, but sold bj that gentleman, (who died at
Townolej on the 31st of December 1846, aged eighty-four,) for £30,000, appamitly
contrary to Che wish of Charles Towaelef , who laft b; his Will, £4,000, to build a
Museun at Staadisb, for its reception.— 3oo Qtn^t Mog. Ftb. 1S05, p. 1S4. The
Estate bas tio Manorial rights.

' Hesnndforth, commonly called PhesAntford, vas granted by Robert de Ucrelesdea
to Sobert dc Swillington, by whom it was sold before the 4th Edwurd II. to Oliver
de StansfoJd, desoended from Wyon de Maryous, a follower of Earl Warren. In
the ISth Henry VIL Geoffrey Htansfeld died seized of the Manor of Ilaysandforth,
held by military serrice, and his son Giles, dying without male issue, left a daughter
Johanna, who married Simon Hayrtock Esq. and conveyed it to this lamil;. Sha
died in the year 1662, and her iiusbond in the year 1568. Their descendant, John
Haydock E^q. a Justice of the Peace, died seized of (be Manor in the year 1746,
which afterwards was purchased by Mr. Hargroatcs of Ormcrod, and is now held by
bis representatives.

' Bowley Ilali iina long been the property of thii Hnbteds, a branch from High
Hoisted. In the yisr 1103 au ossnrt called Ruhlie, waa granted by Robert do I>Bcy
to Oswald Brun. The prtjsent house was built in the year 15^3, and is foraaketi by
its owners. On the death of the Rev, Charles Hatsted, unmarried, in the year 1833,
the Estate paasod to his sisters, and in the year 1846 they oblninod ths royal permis-
sion for their nieoes, Elisa and Amelia, daughters of Rol>ert Uolgate anil bis wife
Ellen, daughter of Nicholas HaLltHl Esq. to assume the Bumame of Ualated. In the
Pedigree of the family in p. 883 of llws Eiitory of Wkallen, two sons, both named
LAuronoo, and both married men, arc given to Bunaaire Hulsted. The Utter Lau-
rence was son ai Nioholae, and cousin of Laurence Halsled, who married Elizabeth,
daoghtur of Arthur Aaheton. — Norf. viil CoU. Arm. Laite, MSS.

' Eitwislo was the property of the Laeya shortly after tbc Conqnoit ; and Adam do
Preston, in the reign of Xing John, held the tenth part of a knight's fee hero of the
Earl of Lincoln, which was afterwards held by the Abbot of Kirkstall of Ucury, Duke
of Lancaster. At the Dissolution, the Manor wa* granted to John Braddyll B^.
who aflCTwards alienated it to the Parkers, who were lessees under the Abbey in the
reign of Henry I\'. although John Parker Gent, dying in the 2d Henry VUl. 1510,
was found to bald tlic Manor of Eilwisle of the King by knight's service, and his son
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in Briercliffe, equally to the Church and School; 9" a yeta &om a
Farm called Dalton, near Huddcrsfield, given 26th Eliz, [abeth ;]
10> from an Est. [ate] called Wanlea, near Colne,
V.[ide] Nominat-fion] an.[uo] 1693. Pap. Reg.

and heir, Jolm Parker, was tfu.ii ogpd eightcpD. The EsU, b large, liauddome, and
lofty pile, apparently of the age of Jnmea I. U abandoned to dilapidation i vhilst tbe
Manor a vetted in Bobert TowolEry Parker of Caerden Esq. son of Thomas Townlej
Parker Esq. who died Sheriff of Lancashire, in tbe year 1T94, and whose father,
Robert Parker of Eitwido E»q. married Ann, daughter and hdrtwB of Thowa*
Townlcj of Hoylo Esq.

' Humtwood a situated in the hamlet of Worstbom ; and tbe Hall, a strong, well-
built bouse, bears an its front tbe name of Bernard Townlej-, who married Agnes,
daughter and coheiress of George Ormerod of Ormerod, Oent. and died in tbe year
1602. TTia descendant, John Townlej Oent. died in April ITCU, lesying two daugh-
ters and coheiresses, of whom, Katherinc, who was liviug in the year 1743, contcycd
Hurstwood and Dunnooksbaw to ber husband, Bichord Whyte Esq. Deputy Glo-
Tcmor of tbe Tower of London, who derised tbe former to bis nephew, Richard
Chamberlain, from whom it passed, after an intermediate descent, by pnicbase, is the
year 1803, to Charles Towaeley of Towneley Esq. in wboso reprroentativo it still

"* Ormorod remained in tbe family of the same name from the year 1311 until the
year 1793, whoa Laurence Ormerod Esq. died aged thirty-nine, Icaring by his wifc^
Martha Ann, daughter of the Rev. Ashbomham Legh M.A. Rector of Davenbani in
the county of Chester, a sole daughter, Charlotte Anne, who married John Uargreavus
Esq. whose only son, John, dying a minor, in the year 1824, (and not in IBOl, as
itated by Boinn,) the Estates passed in the ynr 1834, on the death of Colonel
HargreaToa, to his daughters and coheireasea. The elder daughter, Eleanor Mary,
married the Rev. Williun Tbursby M.A. and comeyed to Idm the Estate of Ormerod.
Tbo house, built in the year 1505, was much enlarged and improved by Colonel Har-
greaves, and presents the appearance of on eitensivo picturesque mansion in the
debased Elizabethan style of architecture, having two towers with large sashed win-
dows. It is now the residenec of Mr. Tbursby. Of this family was tbe Rev. Oliver
Ormerod, Rector of Huntspill in the county of Somerset, the aatbor of two rare
polemical works, the PiHun of a Papiit, and tbe IHi^lun of a pKritan, and who died
in the year 1C26 s the same house bis also produced one of tbe be«t County historian*
of the present day.

" Borcroft became the property of tbe Barcrofts in the Imie of Henry III. and
continued, in the direct male lino, until tbo death of Thomas Boreroil Gent, in the
year 1668, when it was eonvoyed by hia daughter and coheiress Eliiabeth, to Henry
Bradshaw of Morplo Hall in the county of Chester Esq. Mary Bradshaw, his
daughter and heiress, married, Srst, William Pimlot Esq. and bad a son John, who
possessed the Estate, hut died e.p. b the year 1781. The second husband of Urs,

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Hftien for y* Poor of this Chappelry, SOtf, w"'' ia lodged in the GjartXisS.
hands of Mr. Townley of Townley, Townley of Ryle, [Royle,]
Parker of Extwisle, Eaqrs. and Mr. Hormerod, [Ormerod,] Tru3-

Msiy Pimlot iros Nittbaniel Isherwood of Boltou-le-Moors, nhaie grandaoa, Thomw
Bradahaw Isherwood Esq. cuce iuto poBscssion of the Estate on the death of the last
Pimlot, and died imnisrriBd in the year 1791. Hia Eiecotora, in the jear 1795, aold
th£ Hall and demesne of BaicroCt to Chiriea Townelqr Gaq. ancestor of the present
ovner. Some parts of the hoiue are of the time of Eemj YIII. ; the principal front
was added in tho year IGll, and the embattJod Ontewaj in the year 1636, — Lane.
^SS. voL V. p. 296, where there is a sketch of the Hall, and notices of the family.

" BojIb bccnmo tho propiirtj of Richard Townley in the reign of Henry VIII. on
his mBTrioge with Margaret, daughter and heiress of Mr. John Clarke; and passed on
the death of Edmund Townley Esq. (the last heir male,) in the year 1796, to his nicco,
A tin Townley, who married Robert Parker of Bitwiale Esq. gtandiathcr of Robert
Townley Parker Esq. the present owner. Much of the present house iraa built in
the seventeenth century by Nicholas Townley. It ia tho residanoe of the Ber. R. M.
Master M.A- Incumbent of Burnley.

'^ Henley Hall, in Habergham Eaics, was the residence of tho Whitakers in the
time of Qaeeu Elizabeth, aud descended to Robert WhJtakcr Qent. M.D. said to he
"of a rery ancient family," and a pcrion who took an active part in the religious
moTement of the serenteonth ccutnry. His Will ia dated the 4th of October 1703,
and he derisea hia Estates to bis eldest aoa, KicboUs Whitaker Oent. and proTidea

for hia daughters, Ann, wife of Ur. Richard Talbot of Burnley, and , wife of

Mr. John Parker of Uoldeu Clough. Of his sons Bobert and Thomas, the latter wna
educated at tbe Schools of Blackburn and Mancboster, and afterwards M.A. of the
UniTorsity of Edinburgh. He was thirty-four years a NonconformiBt Minister at
Leeds, and died in the year 1710, leaving a son William, a physician in London, a
•on Laureneo, and three daughters. His Sermona were pubiishod by Timothy Jollie
Kid Thomas Bradbury, 8fo. 1712- — 8oe Memoria Samm, Robert, son of Robert,
and grandson of Nicholas Whitaker, had an only daughter and heiress, Mary, who
Hurried Mr. John Fletcbcr of IghtcnhiU Pork, whose grand-daughter Ann, daughter
of Mr. John Fletcher junr. eouveyed the Estate to her husband, James Roberts of
Burnley Esq. It was sold in the year 1826 to P. E. Towneley Esq. in whose son it
ia now vested. Thero arc oonsidorabla remains of the old house. — Soo Lane. MSS.
ToL nvii ; the Srrey Bemonlack, 4to. 1697 ; the Sany Impoitor, by Zachary Taylor
H.A. 4tO. 1697 ; and a Vindication ofth« Sureg Demoniaek, 4to. 1698, for scattered
notices of this hmily.

'* Tho Qrammar Sehool of Burnley appears to have been founded on the Disiolo-
tion of the Chantries in the time of Edward TI. i and a small boose belonging to tho
Chantry Priest of St. Mary's AJtor, on tho West side of the Church-yard, now
removed, was used as the School-hoose until the ycer 1693, when tho present Gram-
mar School was built, according to the date on the porch, on a site given by Robert

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tees ; bat how it is laid ont or disposed, no Just account can be
Got. Certif.[icale^ of R^ Kippax, Curate, 17M Nov. an.[no] 1719,
at the i'uit' held at Blackbume.

VtAtu of Eitwisle K*q. On the 4th of April 1568 Bichard Woodroffe of Bnrnlcr
granlcd to Bogcr Ilabei^hAiD, and othere, an annual rmt of 3s. 4d. out of landa ic
Banioldswick in Cnrni in the Mjnntj of York, for the om of a Oninmar School
cnotiiig, at about to be ercotod, in Bnmlcy. On the 4tb of Febrnarj ISTT, John
Tngb»Tn of Wliallc? gnatsd to Bichard Tomieley Esq. and others, a rent of £3, out
of a massnage nlled "AI&ethM," in Famhain, Eawx, which had been aminid to him
for that purpose b; Sir Boben logham. Clerk, his oncle, for the maiDtaumce of a
Free Grammar School al Bundej, or Colne, for ever. " Who bad ever heard of
HartgrBTn in Bmnle; School bat because he was the fint that did t«acb worthy
Doelour Whi taker."— Ashetons Lift of U'ilUam Wkital^r D.D. p. 29; Fuller'a
Helii State, b. ii. p. 102, 161$. A room in the School contains a valuable Libcsry,
bequeathed b; ibe Ber. Edmund Townler, Bector of Slaidbura, and the Ber. Henry
Halsted B.D. Bcctor of Staosfieid in Suffolk, The latter, (when in his eightj-eigbth
jenr,) bj Will dated the 5th of August 1T28, (proTed at Docton' Conunona, on the
aOth of September following,) aftr requesting burial in the Parish Church of Stans-
fteld. derised Tery large Estates in Lucashire to Thomas Townley of Boyle Esq. and
Edmund Townley. B«4or of Slaidbum, in IVost, for the use of his (Te»tator'>) son,
H«ir7 Halsted of Bank Houae in Bnmle; Oent. for lite, and the rerenion, in fcv, to
his " kijuman" Captain Charles Halsted of Bowie;. He |;aTe to the Charchmtrdona
and Orerseen of Stantfield £20, to purchnse lands for the beneGt of the Poor of that
Parish, ^^ to be anstrered" bv the Churchwardens and Orcrseers. He also gare to the
said Cborchn-srdens, at his dt'alh. £30, to be distributed amongst Ibe Poor the day
after his burial. Also to the Widows and Orphans of deceased Clergymen who had
prefrnnenl in the Arehdeaconrj of Sudbury in Snfiblk, £50, to be paid to the Stew-
ard, at bis succcHor, at their General Meeting at Bury St. Edmund's, which would
be in Jane next alter the death of the Testator. " 1 giTH and bequeath to the Master
and Seoffen of the Free School in Bnmley in the county of I^ncaster, all my Idbtary
of Books in my poaseasion in Staosfeld as shall be set down and left in a CWalogne
thoeof nuule, to be naed and taken care of by the Proleetaol Master and Bcofleea tt
Ibe said School in Bamley, and their sncmssors, for erer, to be sent to tbea at Ibe
tkMTge and eipeiue of my Executors," the Ber. John Tiaser of Eettot, [Scaton?]
■sd the BcT. Arthur Einamui of Bory St. Edmund's. The son, by WiU pnred ob
Uw SMi of March 1T31, left a Lc^y lo the Poor of Burnley, to be dspoMd of by
BMUstre HalMed of Bonley Gait, and others, and appointed his "birnd and ki^
BMO," CiMriH Habtcd of Bowk^ Esq. his Exeeutor.—ZMM. M3S.

JScancti! of BiacMium.

^[ aSeH.^ In Brief Observal. [tons']
3^3 an. [no] 1604, this is reckoned a Parish,
and said to be a Donative, w"" these 4 Chappela under it, Pendle,
WhiteweU, Roasendale, [and] Goodshaw. V.[ide] MS.

An. [no] 1365, Capella S'' Mich, inlra Castrum de Clithero an-
nexa fiiit per Hen. Ducem Lancaatrise Eccleaia; de Whalley, by a
Grant bearing this date; w'' Grant was confirmed by another
Deed from [the] A^^P of Cant, [crbury] to [the] Abbot of WbaUey.

There is also a Testimoniall that y" Forests of Trawdcn, Ros-
sendale, BoUand, and Pendle, are within j" Chappehy of S'
Michael in Clithero Castle, parcell of Wh alley Rectory, an,
[no] 1480; w^*" Deeds are now, (an.[no] 1717,) in y« hands of
Mr. Hammond, Steward to y« late S' Edm.[und,] and S' Ralph
Asheton.

Roger, the last Dean of Whalley, (before 1296,) gave to his

' The Castle of Clitlieroe haa boen referred to on age anterior to the Norman Idto-
•ioti, when it wa» giytn, along with tho Honor or Scignoij of CUtberoc, oonsistiDg of
k anmbor of depcniimt Maaors, [o Sir Ilbcrt de Lac;, who accompauivd WiUiam L
from Hornuuidy. Tixiti fortreae was probablj re-ediBed by the I«cie«, and Ko-
bert, foa of Henry do Lacj, built the Chiipi>l of St. Michael the Aichuigel in t!ie
Cutie, with the conacot of QeoStej, Dean of Whulle;. Dying intoBtate, and with-
out iuae, in the year 1193, the male line terminatud, and hia poaaeosiona, iuolading
the Honor of Clithcroe, were inherited by his malcnml sister, Albroda, daughter of
Sobert de Liiours, the wife of Richard FitK Euetaeo, Lord of Hnltoii and Cuuetable
of Chester. Hie son, John Fiti Eustace, Oonelable of Chester, and Founder of the
Ahhty of Stanlaw, in the year 1176, w«» aUHMdod by his son Eoger, who aflsumod
the name of De Lae;, and inherited the Honor of Clitheroc. Alice du Lacy, the Last
of the line, married Thomas Plantagenet, Ear! of Lancaster, who, rebelling egaioat
Bdward II. was executed for High Treason, March 2Sd 1821-2, and hia large poases-
nona were giTtm to Edmund, the King's brother; but the Aft of Attainder being
afterwards rcrereod, Henry, Duke of Lancaster, succeeded to the Honor of Clitberoo.
He died on the £*tb of March 1360, and his daughter and coheiress, BUnuh, married
John of Gaunt, (fourth son of Ednard III.) nhose son Henry, Duke of Bolingbroke,
moceeded to the Crown as Heory IT. The extensive possessioDs of the Dukes of I^n-
outer thus baauno vested in the Crown, and this Honor was conferred by Churlea n.
on Uonk, Duke of Albemarle, from whom it haa descended, through the Montagu
fiunily, to Henry James Montagu Scott, Lord HonlHgu, second son of Henry,
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Bro.[ther] Rich^ afterwardB called of Townley, the Chap.[cl] of
S' Michael in y* Caatle of Clyderliow, w*^ y* consent of Rog.[er]I
de Lacy, L"* of Blackb.[um]sh.[ire,] cum decirais, oblationibus
et proventibus, eidem capeUse asaignatis. MS. Wortley. V.[ide]
Whalley,

V^ to [the] Curate for serving y" Cure here, an. [no] 1663, the
old allowance of 4^ p-Ier] an.[num,] w'*" [the] augm. [entation]
of 2' p.[er] an.[num] by A*'P Jnson, aa appears by [the] Curate's
receipt.

Certif.[ied] to B.[ishop] Stratford an.[uo] 1707, & p.[er]
an. [num.]

This Chap, [cl] soon after y» Biasohit. [ion] of WhoUey Abbey,
was Endowed w'*" 4J P-[er] an.[num,] and iu A'r Juson's time, w"
new Augmentations were made to Vic. [arages] and Chappells,
2' more was given to this Chap. [el] tho ruined in y" Civill War;

Thie Chapsl is not named in tho Valor- of Pope Nicholas IT. ia the year 1291, uul
ia probably included amongst " tha Chapels" uniler Wbnllej.

The Castle originally consisted of a Keep, with a Tower, entered by an arched
gateway, and Borronnded by a strong and lofty wall, placed on tho margin of a rook.
Its dimensions appear to haTe been inconsiderable. Groae well describes it a»
"situated on the summit of a conical insulated crag of ragged limestonB rock, which
suddenly rises from a fine Talc, in which, towards the North, at the distatica of half a
mije, rons the Ribble ; and a mile (three miles to the S.E.) to the South, stands Pen-
dlo Hill, whioh seems to lift its head bIiotb the clouds."

In the year 16-19 the Oaslle was dismantled by order of Farliament, the Chapel
has tolally disappeared, and nothing now remains of the feudal edifice but the square
Keep, and some portion of the strong wall by which the whole was surrouniled.

Tho demesiio of the Castle ia considerod to be extra-Parochla], although "the
Boundary of the Castle Parish of Cliderhoo" waa recognized as early as the time of
Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, who died in the year 1312, "at his mansion-houae
called liiucoln's Inn, in the suburbs of London, which be himself had erected in that
place, where the BlackiriarB' habitation anciently stood." In the 4th Edward Ul-
an Inquest was held to enquire whuthsr the Chapel of St. Michael, in Chthcroe
Castte, waa an appurtenant of the Mother Church of Wballey, for after the death of
Peter de CestriA, Rector of Whalley, Henry do Lacy aeiiod this Chapel and detached
it from that Church; "not by right," says Abbot Topclyffe in hia Petition to Edward
in. "but by force aad the magnitude of his dominion," and he gave the Chapel to
Henry do Walton, "at the peri! of his soul." With great »cal the Abbot urged his
soil to the King and Parliament, and at length recorcrcil the Chnpol in the year

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w*'' & was Quickly after granted to [the] Curate of Clithero, he
taking care to procure Preaching ouce a month at Whitewell :
But that being neglected, A''P Sheldon, an. [no] 1667, ordered y'
6'p.[er] an. [num] to be p'' to y* Curate of Downham, upon y*
same condition: But an. [no] 1707, Downham being vacant, A''P
Tennison annexed this 61 p. [er] an. [nom,] and y' Chap, [el] of
Wtitewell, to y" Curate of Clitheroe, and so it continues, Vic.[ar]
ofWhalley'a Ac& an.[no] 1717. Nothing but y WaUs of this
Chap, [el] are now remaining, and these are much decayed.

S^ l.Bff»El£t®.' Certif.[ied] 22'-12'-06J, ffltiaP-¥«.

^3 viz. paid by [the] A^Tof Cant.[erbury,] flugm.
lll-ll>-0&>i charged upon Land by Will of ,5'; ^^-^"^-^

Debenture money, (paid out of the Duchy of Lancaster,) 3' -9' ■3'', — ^- - ^"^
Fees ded.[ucted,] S'-O-li''; Surp.[lice] fees, Si-lS-.^^j for keep-
ing the Register, 10».

1334 ; but it wfts not caoTejed to tbo Abbey b; Henry, Earl of Lnncsstcr, until the
24tli of Aogust 134S. — See Coacher Book, p. 1169, et leq. where tho Earl's reasons
for nlaiming the putronage are etated. Frooi this time to the Reformation tho
Abbots collated to the Living, which was however stjlod a Chantey only, ir
1548, Tho Chaplain of the Castle Parish and his BniMKwsorB for over, were ex-
cluded from oelobrtitiDg Divine Service in Pendlo Church by the Sentenco of Codic-
oration of the Uttor Church, daWdthe lat of October 1541. — Bishop Bird's ScffUltr,
*oli.

Mr. Frescott of Chester vroUi to Bishop Oastrell at Oiforil, oo the 9th of Novem-
bor 1717, " I saw not Mr. Matthews, (Vicar of Wballey,) at Blackburn, bat w
thenco to liiin for your Lordship, about the certificates of Castle Chapel or Church,
and Whitewell, which he had ignorantly represented to be the some, directing him to
persona who well understood them ; and to Hr. Holme, if he vru in diffloult; mbout
a Form."— iaac. MSS.

' Dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen. TaluB in 1834, £1Z7, Bcgisters begin ju 1674.

The Manor of Clitheroe was held hy Hugh do Clyderhou, one of the assessors of
the County, in tlie 25th Edward I. ; and bis descendant, Sir Robert de Clyderow
M.P. for the County ot Lancaater, dying without surviving issue nuJo, Sybil, his
danghter and colieiroes, married her second husband, Richard de lUddyffo of Ord-
shall, and carried at least a portion of tho Estates into bis family. William Badcliffe
of Wimbersloy Esq. in the year 1661, settled his Manors of Wimbcraley, Aslley, and

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320 ^olitia Ctstrimsfa.

Old Allowance from [the] Abp. p^ by [the] Tenant of [the] Rect.
[or,] 4J p.[cr] an.[uum;] added by A''P Juxon, 7'-10», as appears
by receipt [in] 1G63. The same Curate who then served y Cure
at y" Castle waa Likewise Curate here. [Tlie] Curate [is] obliged
to preach at Whitewell once a month, for V^ he receives [the] 61
p.[er] an.[num] w*'' formerly belonged to Castle Chapel. V.[idel
Castle.

Six Wardens.

Great Mearlcy, and Pendleton.

3 m.[iles] from Whalley; 2 m.[iles] from [the] next Chap.[el.]

Augm.[ented] w"" 200" by Mr. Corzon, an.[no] 1722, who
nominates y" Curate. V.[ide] Altham.

Clithcroe, upon tbe issue of hii niece, Ann, wife of Sir QUbert Qcrard, wlioM ion,
Sir Thomae, the first Shtod QcTBrd of Qeriai'i Bromlc;, sold the Manor Uouae
called "The AUejB," in Olithproe, nnd the South Choir of Clithcroe Clinroh to tha
Hoikothi of Martbolme, in the 44th of Elizabeth ; Binco icbich time the ptoport; hw
frequently changed hands.

A Chapel existed here in the tcign of llimrj II. ns Hugh, Chaplain of Cljdcrhow,
occun in that reign > and it woe I'ODitrmed to the Monks of Poutefraut in thu 14th
Henry III. In the year 1296 tho Altarage of tho Chapd of " CUdcrhou" amounted
to £8 ; and tho Chaplain was appointed by the Bector of Wballuy, with a atipcnd of
four mofpi a year.— Coucher Book of Wkalleg, p. 206. On the 11th of July 1616,
the Curate of CljChcro paid tX' for his admission, to the Arcbdeaeon of Chester. —
LoHc. MSB. vol ii. p. 29i. In the year 1535 Sir Thomas Sylcock kbs the Minister,
and the t<ro Chantry Friesta ircre John Dukedale and WiUiam Burd. — Loitc. MSS.
vol. til. p. 45.

The old Chureh, with a good square Tower and flue perpendicular East Window,
wae taken down in tho year 1828, and the present fabric onsctod. The original
Chureh, according to Dr, Whitakcr, had nothing rcmorkabla aboat it except the fine
Saion Aroh between the Naro and the Choir, — one of the oldest remains of archi-
tecture in the Parish, and a complete specimen of the style which prevailed till ths
time of Ilonry I. The North Cliapel waa oppropriatwl to Great Mearley ; and the
South Choir to tho Eadcliffes, in right of the Clidorhows. In this Choir were, until
very roConOy, two aiabastor Egures, said to represent Sir Bicbard HadclilTe, who died

in tho 19tli Henry VI. and Eatberino his wife, (laughter of Booth of Barton.

Id the year 1660 Clithoroa was returned as a Paroohial Chapelry comprising tour
hundred Eamitin. Mr. Bobert Marsdon, lui able Divine, received £11. lOs. from the
Farmer of the Kectory ; £3, lOa. out of the Duchy Bents i and £25 a year Irom the
late County Comtnitlee, The Inhabitants desired to hare a Purbli, and also a com-
petent maintensnoe lettled for their Uiniator.— iW2. In^. LoiiA, MSB, tdI. a.

mcincru of JSlAdtbum. 3:^1

[A] Charter [was] granted to [the] Borough of Clithero by
K.[ing] Edw.[ard] 3, an. [no] R.[egni] 20. MS. Huim, 96 /.
14, 20.

^ffjnrtC Oram, [mar] ftfftool* was founded here by K.[iiig] ^rftaol.
fiSS Phil.[ip] and Q.[neen] Mary, and Endowed w''' Lands for
J* Maintenance of a Master and Usher.

In B.[ishop] Bridgman's time great abuses were Discovered in
y" management of y" Revenue, which he endeavoured to rectify.
0.[ld] R.[e/;ister,'] 345, and 341, where [also] is a Copy of y»
Statutes made for y° Government of y" School, by y" Advice of
B. [ishop] Bridgman and y" Goveruoura of y* s'' School, (dated 2d
May) an. [no] 1622, upon a Decree of y* L'^ Keeper, to whom it
appeared y' y* Bp was appointed Visitour of y" School by y" Foun-
dation of it. V.[ide] p. 339 [and] 337. V.[idc] Lett.[er] of
B.\igh<ip\ Bndg\man;\ Coll. Ifiltan, p. 103.

The Endowment is now 75' -7* ■6'* p.[er] an. [num.] in Lands

Thu present Churcli was conaiwratod by Dr. Sumnrr, Bishop of Cheetiv, in the
yoir 1829, and thu etpcosc of its croction, unaunting to £8,500, was dcfrnjud bj
prirate offerings, aud bj n grant from the Tncorporatwl Society for building
Cbuichffl. The Ea«t Window la embeUisbed with fourtacD beraldio bearing!, in
Btainod glasa, — amongst which are the arms of Whailey Abbey, the Seo of Canter-
bury, and tho Manerial Lords of Clitheroe, inrludlng Lacy, Clitheroe, Montagu,
Bnccleuch, Assheton, Brownlow, and Cunon. Tbe Advowson was nx.'ently adver-
tued for sale by tbe Bev, 3. H. Andcrtan, the Patron and Inciuubent.

In tbe year 1659-9 the 1st Elizabeth, the elective fraucbiu to retttm two Mumben
to Fnrlinment was granted to this boraogh ; but tho number waji reduced from two
to one, bj tho 2d Wiilinm IV. e. 45, commonly called the " Reform Act."

■ The School wu founded by Queen Mary on tbe 9th of August 1554, aad endowed
wHh the Bectorial Tithes, and the Advowson of tho Vicarage, of Almotidbury, b tbe
West Riding of the county of York, then lately belonging to tho CoUege of Ima»
of Sotheram, t he Vicamgo being ordained by Archbishop Sotheram, the Fountlor of
tbe College, on June 16th 1488; and nUo with oertain laods in Craven, formerly
belonging to the Chantry of St. Kicholas, in Skipton in tho same county ; which, at
that time, produced an nnnunl income of ix' and iz''. There is a long account of tbn
various Chancery Suits between the QoTomora of lhi» School in the time of James I.
in Bishop Bridgcman's MS. Leiger in tbe Registry at Cheater, p. 341, et tq. Thew
■nits appear to iiavo origiuuted in some of the old Qovemors having been irregularly
niperseded by tho appointmeut of younger men, of whom Sir Raphe Asshutoo, Ricbard
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322 ilotttt.1 Ccittitmia.

and Tithes ; 40' of w'^ [is paid] to y Master ; 20' to y' Usher ;
I'-IO* for a Dinner on Mids. [uramer] day; and ll> for a Sermon
y" same day : the rest [is used] for Repairing y" School and pre-
ferring Poor Boys.

The Master is Nom. [inated] by six Govemours; [and] if y
Gov*' doe not Nom.[Lnate the] Master or Usher w'^in 9 weeks
after y= place is void, the B.[ishop] of Chester shall nom.[inate.]

[The] Writings are kept by [the] Trcas.[urer, who is] annually
chosen from among [the] Gov. [er nor a,] iu a Cheat at Clithcro.
Certificate of 7%o.[m(u^ Taylor, Curate.

ffltail.^at. ^»CTa©»=KI»»,' called only

^ll^u^ 3^S CuuRCB, in Ancient Deeds; Ccrtif.

Pun. 'no [ied] 12l-17"-08<>. viz. paid by [the] Abp. of Cant, [erbury,] W;

Dte. 'ZZ ^

'"J- Shuttlimorlh sad Johu Orecnacres Esqrs. wure c^pe<^tallJ obDoiians to ChriBtopher
NowoU and ThomaA and Cliriatopher Eenilall. ThcM triftiug dispule*, wliirh had
been carried on for years, were at length aottlpd in tho jeor 1622, bj Bishop Bridge-
tDBn, Bs Tisitor, making a bodj of Statutes Cor the Gorcmment of tlio Si^hool. In the
year 16^6 the lacami.- of the School amounl^d to £462. Ss. 8d. The School House,
formerly in the Church-yard, has been remoTod, and a now School Ilouse has been
built in tbo ton-u.

"Alye BadcljiTof ThaUoys in Cloderow, Into wjoff of Thorn's RailclyiT of Wjnm'legh
eeqoier," gave by Will dated October Gtb 1GG4, tbe year in Hbicb tbo School wa«
founded, " to tbe high awltor at Qarstange, it)' iiii'' ; to the church of Olederow, i' ^
and to the fundament of the ffre Bohole at Clederboir, iv" — LmK. MSS. foL xiii.

' Dedicated to St. James. Value in 1834, £218. Begistcra begin in 1633.

In the 4th Edward 11. Robert de BiBhton held a carucate of land in Chirch, and
William do BsdcUiTe held two coruttates by thegnage. Tbe Manor of Church passed
from the Busbtons of Dunkcnbalgh, by sale, in the latter part of tbe reign of Qoeen
Elisabeth, to Sir Thomas Walmesley ; and was convoyed in the year 1712, by his
reprosentatire, Catherine, daughter and heircsa of Bartholomew Walmcsley Esij. in
marriage to Robert, serentb Lord Pelrc, and is now in the possession of her descend-
ant, Henry Petre Esq.

The Manor of Oswaldwisle, which is a Township in the Chapelry of Church, wao
granted by Philip do OswaldwisL^ to Adam do Radcliffc, by deed s.d. Richard, great-
grandson of Adam do Badclilli], grauted the promises to William his son, before the

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a small Close left by [the Will of] Mrs. [Alice] Aiusworth [of
Oswaldwisle,] worth 19'-6'' p.[er] au.[num,] clear to y" Curate,
\&'; Easter Roll, lO; Surp.pice] Fcea, ILll'-S''.

Old Allowance, 4' p-[cr] aii.[mim;] added by Abp. JiulOU, 6',
as appears by [the] Curate's Receipt, an, [no] 1663.

Service, and [a] Sermon [preached,] once a fortnight. V,[idc]
Altham.

4 Wardeus.

4 m, [ilea] from Whalley; one from [the] next Chap, [el.]

Augmented by Mr. Curzon w^^ 200', an. [no] 1722; and he
nominates the Curate. V.[ide] Altham.

Dunkcnhalgh.2 ftaO.

32d Edward I. Bod William tho «oii, couTejed the Muior to Riubuil his ton, »[iiiit
Bury, 16th Ed»ard III. Ou the death of Juiin Bad(^liffe uf Rsduliffe Tovii't Etq.
in tho jcar 1518, tho Manor and other Gstalea paasoil, by udUuI, to Robert Badtlifli.',
Lord Fitiwalter, afterwards Enrl of Suasui K.G. Kis bou, the nocond EatI, sold thin
Honor to Aiiclrew Snrton of Bmithills, iu the 3d Edward Yl. by wIlom reprGscutA-
tlTC, Tfaomsf, second Viscount Puuconbcrg, it was sold nbout tlio j%ur 1722, to Jamea
WhaLey of Sparth, and Christopher Baron of Oswaldwisle Gents. The Manor passed
from the late, to the present, Sir Robert Pcvl Bart. M.P.

The Church was founded anterior to the rcigu of Henry III. In tho year 1296 thu
THIie of Com in " Chiroho" amounted to iiii mnrcs, and the Altarage of the Chapel
to T mares, (CoiicAer Sooi of WhalUi/ Abbeg, p. 206,) the Chaplain being appointed
bj the Sector of the Mother Church, who was bound to allow hint Tour marcs a
jeK. It was eutirely rcbudt about tho end uf tho fourteenth or beginning of the
fifteenth contuiy — Eittorg of Wkallri/, p. 415. Tho dote loems to be nocunitely
fixed by a Monition dated 9th Edward III. 1335, issued by William do AppeJtree,
Commissary General of Roger, Bishop of LiehGold, to the Dean (Kural) of Blackburn,
requiring him, after pubhc sonteui^, to proceed against tho parbhiouers of the Chapel
of Cberch for the costs of rebuilding and repairing the Chancel and other ports of
their ChapeL— £ti. 3 c, incipil 132S, termm. 1358 ; Lane. MSS. toL itv. p. 21. On
the 11th of July 151& the Curate of Church paid tx' for his admission to the Curacy.
ArcbdcBCOD of Chester's Aft Book. In tho year 16S0 Church-Kirk was returned
u s Parochial CLspelry, which included two hundred tamilioB, being Etc miles from
the Parish CliureK Mr. James Rigby M.A. was the Minister, aod leeciTed £10 from
the Farmer of the Rectory ■, £30 from the County Committee ; and had an Order for
£50 out of the Tithes of Thomas Cliftou Esq. a Papist delinquent, but n
adnmtage from it. The Inhabitants desired that they might hare a distinct Parish
assigned tbum.^ Pari. Iiuj. Lamb. X.SS. voL iJ. The Nuro was rebuilt and enlarged
in the year 1801. The FcotTcea of Willinm Ilidme K^q. nre Ihe Palrons.

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jHotitta Cestrieiifiifi.

No School, nor CLaritios. Certif.licate] of U. RUhlon, Cur.
1718.

WQ.' fiAiab.

7^a by [the] Lessee of [the] Abp. II'-IO";
Rent Charge upon Laud called HoUingrcave, 6i-16*-4^; Land
of Mrs. Starkey, 3'; Land of Widow Kobiuson, 2'-13'-4'^; Land
caUed GibhUls, 11.19»; Land of Mr. Folds, Ifr; Land caUed Vie-
pens, T'-B**; Given by J. Hargreaves for Preaching 4 Fun.[eral]
Sermons 2'; Easter Dues, 2', over and above 7'- 11* p"* to [the^
Vicar.

* DoDkeuiuilgli pasaod &om the Riuhtou to Sir Thomaa WoloieBle;, tbe Judge, in
the tvign of Queen Eliinbelh, ikod wu convoyed in morriago by Uiu CatUerine
Wahnealej, to Robi'rl, Lonl Peti*, nnceslor of Henrj Petre Eiq. thfl preeent

' Dedicated to St. BattUolomew. Value in 183.1, £179, B^tera begin in 1599.

Coin?, or Colunio, is etatod b; the Btir. John Whittnkcr, ths hiBtoriim of Han-
cheetcr, to hsTC been founded by Agricoln, in the memorable campaign of U). 79, wboD
ho Bubducd the county of Lsncnater ; and Dr. Whitolier, the bistoriaa of Whallej, and
Mr. BnrgreoTC, tbo leamod Bectoc of Brandeeburlon, aud a natiro of Colne, coincide
in the opinion, although Bishop Gibson and Dr. I*igh doubl whether tbia hoe beon a
Koman Btntion or not, on the elender ground of the few Boman diseoTeriea irhich
have hitherto b<

The Manor wna at an early period *oatod in tho fnmUj of Lopj, and, like their
otbor posacasioDS, being parcel of the Duchy of Lanenstifr, uitTgcd in the Crown, and
Coins being a member of the llonor of Chthcroe, passed, on the death of Lord Mon-
tagu, to Walter Franeii, Duke of Buecleucb, the preeent Lord Fsremaunt.

Tbe Church of Cohie probably eiialj?d at tho Domesday Sunoj, and ie eipressly
nami^ in the Charter of Hugh de la Tnl to tho Monks of PantcfrBct, about sUty
yean poatorior to that InqHcat. In tho year 1296 the Rector of Whallcj was bound
to find a Chaplain for the Chapel of Colne, and to pay him four marca a year. The
Altarage wai then valued at £10, and tho Tithe Com of Cobe and Alkancotei at
eight marca. Three mosiy oylindrical columns on the North side of tho Nare, are
genuine remains of tho original atmeturo, although much of it vae rebuilt abowt
the time of Ueury VIII, On the 8Ch of July 1615, the Arehdcscoa of Chester
Uaued a Commiasion to Edmund Braddyll and Ilenry Towncley Gents, authoriiing
Ihem to rebuild certain part* of the Chapel of Colne, thou dilnpidalod. — Archdeacon
of OhcatuT'e Act Book, Lout. MSS. toI. ii, p. 292. On the North side of the Choir

OcansTs of Blatftftum. 325

Old Allowance -JJ; added by Abp. Juxou 7'- 10", as appears by
[the] Receipt from y Tenant, an. [no] 1663.

[The] Inhab. [itants] of Colne, Fouldridge, Barrowford, Mars-
den, and TrawdcD resort to it.

Service performed ev.[ery] Sund.[ay,] twice a day, except one
Afternoon ev.[ery] month, w" [the] Curate officiates at Maraden.

An.[no] iriS, left by JolmMilner ff p.[er] aii.[num,] after the
death of his sister Mary Milner.

An.[no] 1716, left by John Smith, [the] Int.[erest] of 40i to y«
Curate, he Preaching a Fun. [end] Sermon ev.[ery] year,

is ■ Chaotrj formerly belonging to tbe Banantpua of ParV Hill, and now cluiroed by
Mr. Parker of AJlincoatfl, Mr. Mitphell of HeptonetaU, and Ihc Devisees of tbo Ute
Ur. SwiDglehurBt of Park Hill ; and on the South la another founded by the Town-
fcys of Barnsido, and ia probably tho "St. Cytes' Qoire," (St. Oaytbe?) men-
tioned in tbe year 1576, and commotdy colled "the Towtilcy Choir." It is now
tho property of E. Every Clayton Esq. In the year 1536 tbo two Prieata of theae
Cluuitrifa were John Fieldoo and Robert Blakcy; and tho Curate of the Church vaa
Sir John Eegjn.— £aao. MSS. vol. liv. p. 46. Bhiiey is named in the Will of Sir
William Fairbank, ChHplain of Cohie, diited June 10th 1520:— "I give to Sir Robert
Blakey, Chapleyn, Ti' viii'', to praye for my Snwle wberedoeror j' heo wjll, and to the
nid 8- Bobert s Gown of Cloth w'^ lyning, Ac. — Laac. MSS. vol. ii. p. 289.

Colne was retomed in the year 1660 as a Parochial Chapeliy, ton milea &om the
Pariah Church, and embracing four hundred familica. Hr. John Horrorkg, "a very
able Divino," received £11. 10s. from the Former of the Hoctory of Whallcy, and
£28. lOs. from the late County Committee. The Inhabitants deaired to have a Pariih. —
Pari. Inq. Lamb. MSS. Eorrocka, (oalled Horrotha, by Walker, in hia Saffmngt<^
&t Clergg, p. 400,) wBB put in by the Parliament io tbe year 1649, on the expulsion
of Mr. John Warriner M.A. who liad been recommended by Archbishop Laud in the
year 1686, but who was so obnoiious to the Puritans, that, although of unoxreptioii-
able life, and advanced in years, he waa dragged from the Bouling Desk by two sol-
diers in the time of Service, hurried down the Aisto, and waa only prevented being
fired OQ by tho in(«rfercnct> of tho Coogregation. Horrocka ia said to have been so
immoral a man that he plainly told tlio pooplu " to do aa he said, and not as he did."
He remained here until hia death in tho year 1670. Several of tho rent charges
Baomerstod by Bishop Oiislrell were due, but withheld during tho Commonwoolth.
tn the year 1632 tbe Pious Use Cominiasioners, who sat at Bolton-le-Moors, decreed
that certun rents were charged on lands which had been originally given to super-
stitious purposes, and were seised for tbe King in Ihe year 1617; bat that tho
owners, to whom (he lands had been conviyod by the Crown, were not eicmpt from
tho DDcient payments (o the Incumboota of Colne.

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326 ilatitia erettirnaitt.

7 Wardens ; 2 Assist, [ants,]

4 m,[ilc8] from any Church or Chap. [el,] except Maisdcu.
HalU. Bamside,^ Emmott,^ Alkincoats,^ [and] WycoUer.*

■ ^^^, ^^ '^ * School, Free for 4 Poor Boyes; Sal.[ary] 2' p.[fjr]
a^M an. [num, the] Int. [ercat] of -W, left by one Thomas Blakcly,
[Blakey of Maraden,] about 20 years agoe, [by Will dated the
16th of February 1687.] There is about 10* p. [er] an. [num] paid
from several! Cottages, hut how given at first is not known. {Left
by [the] Will of John Milner in 1713, £3 per annum.) Left by
John Smith (of Barrowford,) aii.[no] 1716, 201, [the] Int.[creat]

In a letter to BisUop OaBtroU, clatM CoIqp, May 17, 1720, lUo Ktr. Jolin Barlow,
nays, " Dec. 1, 1713, vrae ijurjed at Coin, John Milner, ivho bod a IWhold Eatalc of
tbo tbIuo of £1G or £16 a, year, uid on tbat lefl a rent charge of £3 a year to the
Minuter of Coin, for tbo time being, tor erer, aud £3 a yoar to tbo S<;booliuasl«r of
Ooln, for BTcr ; the firit payment to oonunencu aftrr tbo dcnnue of Alary Hilu(!r his
sister, who is etill liring, and aged, as I eonjci^are, betwixt 40 and 60 years. Like-
wise Not. 26, 171G, John Smith, a Tradesman within this Cbapclrj, was then buried,
who, by Will, left £40, the Interest to b« paid annoally to the MinUtcr of Coin, (who
is obliged to Preach, crcry year, a Funurai Sermon j) the said John Smith also left
£20 to tbo Coin Sehool, the Interest to be pnid yearly to the tSaatei ; and also tho
IuCere«t of £20 to the Poor of Coin, Now Thoma* ButtcrDeld being Eicoutor to
John Smith, and not over honest, doth say that tho assets of the said Testator wiU
not eitend to pny more tjinn £10 to the Curate, and £10 to the Sehool and Poor ;
bat the said John Smith Laring had both a Seal and Pereonal Estate, the Chapt'l-
wardcns hare thought it fit to eommence a Suit in Chaneory against the said Execu-
tor, which Suit hath boon depending for two years and nerer u yet come to a Trial,
but is undetermioed. Neither of the said Testutore were marrieil, but died in
c«libacy." These two sums of £3 per aunum each, are paid to the Minister aod
Schoolmaster. The Suit was delormiuod in the Duchy Court in tbo year 1720, when
the Exoeutor was decreed to pay, to Trustees named, £30 fur the Minister, £15 for
the Sehool, and £16 for the Poor of Cobio.

* Bemescte or Bamside, was recovered at York, in the 391h Edward L by the Prior
and CoDTOot of St. John of Pontefract, from Siraon Noweli For some time the
Manor was held under the Friory by the Townloys, but at tho Dissolution it was
granted in tbo 36th Heniy Vin. to John Braddyll of WUallcy Gent, by whom it was
oonveyod to the Townlcys. It pnased in the year 1754^ in marriage with Margaret,
daughter and heiress of Richard Towntoy E»j. to John Clayton of Harwood Esq.
fiither of Colonel Thomas Clayton. — See p. 278, Note 6. One part of the house
is altributod, by Wliilaker, lo t.hp ago of Edward IT, or a little later. It is now

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to [be paid to] y» Master; but y^ Executor refusing to pay thU,
and anotbcr sum given to y' Poor, the Mm.[ister] and Chap.[el]
wardens have commenced a Suit in Chancery w"* ia not yet ended.
An. [no] 1720. The Master ia nominated by the Cnrate and
Heads of the Chapeliy.

Hfbcn to y Poor a Meadow called Lord's Ing, (before 1671,) <E&aritir*
Tal.[uc3 20» p.[er] an.[imin,] by Mr. Henry Shaw; given
by Mr. Ambrose Walton, 70' ; [hy] Mr. William Rycroft of the
Hang, 501 . Mrs. Alice Hartley of Laund, gave 60', (in the 42d

occupied bj n fannor, and his beiii sold aincc the doBth of Calonel Clajton, for
£22,000, to Mr. Sobcrt Halstrad Hargreaves of Ardwick, and is now tbo pro-
portj of hifl son.

' Emmott n-ns in the poti)c«eion of Robert do Emot in the 4tli Edward II. and
coatinned in Ihe mnle line until Ihu death of John Emmott Eiq. iii tho jear 174fi,
(tbo Foiuidei of n Free School nt Laneohnw Bridge near Enunott,) when the Estate
pnased to his □(■phevf, Eichard Wainhouse Gent, wbo agaumed the name of Emmott,
and was eucceoled bj hia son, Bichard Emmott Eaq. who died in tho jear IBIS, with-
out legitimate iasue, when the Estate pnsacd by doiiee to hie two mores, a! whom
Harriet Susamia Boas, TDarricd Oeorge Orocn Esq. and at her death in the year 1839,
she was anccsoded bj her aon, George Enuaot Green now of Emmot Eaq. who aac-
oeeds to thla Eatato on tho death of his Aunt Caroline, wife of Edward Parkins Esq.

* Alconcoata or Alkincoata, waa hehi b; John le Parker in the 35th Edward III.
but appears to have heea purchased by Bobert Parker Esq. second aon of Thi
Parker of Browsholmc Esq. at the end of the aetfonl«nith ceaturj. Thomas Parker
Esq. his great grcat-graiidsOD, formerly Captain in tho Boyal Morse Guards Blue,
dying without issue in the year 183S, deriacd Broweholmo Hall, (whleh he hod pur-
chased of his cousin, Thomas Lister Parker Esq. in the year 1820,) and Alkini
to hia nephew, Thomoa GouJboum Parker Esq. second boo ot his brother, Edward
Parker of Newton Hall Esq. ; and in the year 1B41, the latter become tho
AJVineoata, by purchase.

• WycoUer or Wykeoller, was in the poasesaion of Piora Hartley Gent, in the 22d
Henry VII. and passed in marriage with the heiress of that family, about the middle
ot the siiteenth century, to Nicholas Cunliffb of HoUins Gent, whoso descendant,
Eenrj Owen Cunliffe Esq. dying in the year 1819, the Estate of Wycoller was pur-
chased, under a Decree of Chancery, by tho Mortgagee, the Bor. John Oldham, the

Tho Hall contains a remarkable Bro-place, surrounded with stone benches, end is
•aid to bo as old as the tune of Henry VI. Oregaon gives a drawing of it, and says
the houeo waa built between thu years 1650 and 1560. — Fraymenli of LaaeaiVire.

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Elizabeth;) [by] Mr. Lttu.[rence] Manknowles of Town House,
(in 1660,) IC p.[er] aii.[num] Rent Charge;^ by a Benefact.[or]
unknown, 50* p-[er] au.[num,] Rent Charge on Lands near
Bradford, Yorkshire;^ and by another person unknown, l'-13'-4^,
upon some lands near Birchenley, [The] Writings are in y*
hands of y" Chap. [el] wardens and Overseers; and the several
sums arc justly distributed as the Wills of the Donors and Duty
require. Cerii/.[icale] of John Barlow, Cur. Oct. 25, 1718,

Cliap.^ar. j^ <9M9N»a#R,' Certified] 101.15'-

Sugm. Sam 04^> ^- paid by [the] Abp. of Cant.

Fmk...... sa [erbury,] 10'; Surp.[Iice] fees, IS'-i^; old allowance, 4^ p.[er]

DIM. "".'.'. W

* Hiu Bout Cliargo tiSUn haTing been regularly paid b; the ManckuollB' fkioil; tat
one hundroil and BUTCotj josra, has been withhold ainoc the year 1837, under the pre-
* Umoe that it was barred by the Mortmain Ai-t.

' ThomAs Smith of Edge, b; Will dated 1612, left the intf rest at £B0 to the Poor
ofColoe; sad Christopher Smith, his Executor, in the year 1699, invested it in a
Rent Charge of &0s. a year on the Estate of Eobeil Cravt-n of Friiinghall in the
Faiiah of Bradford. This Kent Charge has been withheld for upwards of twent;
jcars. The eoiyevturc of the Charitj Commissioners as to the origin of this oharit;

■ Dedicated to St. Leonard. Talue in 1S31, £129. Begisters begin in 1653.

The Manor of Downhaiu wu held at and anterior to the Conquest, by Aufray or
Alfred, a Snion, and was graDtiMl by him to Dbcrt do Lacy, «ho eoaSrmcd it to his
brother, Eolph In Boas. It afterwarda reverted to the ehiof Lords of the Fee, and in
the year I3S3 Huory, Duke of Laueaster, granted it to John du Dynrit?, in whose
family it oontiaued until it was sold by Henry Dineley Esq. in the year 154S, to
Richard Qreenaeres and Nicholns llaDcoek, who again sold it to Balph Qreonaercs,
who, in the year 1559, alienated it to Bichard Assheton Esq. He devised it to hia
great nephew, Richard Assheton, second son of Ralph Asshclon of Lcrcr Esq. and
Richard, his grandson, dying unmarried in tbo 10th Charles II. derisod hia Estates
ill Downham and WonloD to Sir Ralph Assheton of Whallej Bart, whose son having
no issue settled the Manor of Uownham, in the year 1676, upon his cousin, Kiehard
Assheton of Cucriiulo Esq. 1 he hneal ancestor of William Aaahcton Esq. the present
Mauerial owner, and the only known male representative of this feudal and ariato-

Tha ChapFl of Downluun eiisled prior to the foondatiun of Whalley Abbey, and

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an.[iium;] added by Abp. Juxod, 9 P-[er] aii.[imm,] na appears
by [the] Curate's receipt an. [no] 1663. [A] Curate [was] Nom.
[inated] to Dowiiham and Wbitewell, an. [no] 1702, V.[ide]
Pap. Reg. V.[idc] Subs.[criplio?i] B.[ook,] an. [no] 1693.

4 Wardens.

5 m.[iles] from Whalley; 2 m.[iles] from [the] next Chap. [el.]
Augm.[cntcd] wt*- 200' by Mr. Curzon an.[Do} 1722; [and] he

nominates the Curate. V.[ide] Althah.

Dowuham.i ftan.

gft^ tvt is a School, Free to y* Poor Children of Downlmm only, Srfjaol.
JgSw Endowed by Ralph Asbetou Esq. with 5' p.[er] an.[nuni,]
being [the] Int.[erest] of 100' left by bis Will about ten years
agoe, [in 1703.] The Feoffees have purchased w"" this money a
Copyhold Estate [of the value] of 6'- 10" p.[er] an.[nnmj] but
[when the] repairs and chief rents [are] deduct, [ed] y" Master

conitsU of a Toviir, Aisles, and North and South Chapels. The AllAmge of the
Chapel of " Douiiom was estimated at fonr marcs on Friday next before the Feut of
St. Gregory, 1296," (Coucher Boot of WkaUrs Abbej), p. 205,) and which Altarage
belougcil of right to the Church of Blaclcbum, wbioh allowed the customar; atipeud
of four marcs a year to the Chaplain nominated by the Sector of Blackburn. Thp
Soatb Chapel vaa rebuilt by the !al« William Asahetou E»q, Sheriff of Lancashire. —
Whitaikor'i WhalUg. Buinea eaya that in tho ycnc 1800 the Chapel was rebuilt at
the cost of Lady Asshoton of Downham, who left £1000 for that purpose. There
wM no such person at Downham.

The North Chapel is the property and burial place of the Starldes of Tviston, de-
scended from the Dineleys. In the 1st Edward ILI. John de Dineley granted Twiston
to Bichard do Qroeuucrea, whose dDSCOnilant, 8ir Richard, left two daughters and co-
heiresses, ODD of whom, Joanna, married Henry de Wonlcy, whoso grandson died in
the Sd Edward IT. IcoTing (.■ohcireaacs, the yoangcet of whom, Alice, married Thomas
fitarUe, brother of Edmund Starkie, the first of Hontroyd, and conToyed to him b
moiety of the Manor of Twiston, which descended to Thomas Storluo Esq. M.A.
Fellow of S. Catherine 1T»I1 Cambridge, and Downing Professor of Laws, who died
April 5, 1S49, leaving issue two daughters.

John Dyneloy of Downham Gtent. by Will datJ^d the lOth of July 1501, loaves
"his body to bo buried in his burial place within the Cbapet of S. Leonard of Down-
ham;" and gircs t*, and his beat beast for a mortuary, to the Abbey of 'Whalley, —
XoM. M8S. ToL ii. p. 54. In the year 1535 Sir Richard Diigdato was the Mbbter,
and Robert Whytehead the Chantry Priest of Downham. — Lane. MISS. vol. iL p. i5.
VOL. II.]

330 0aUtia Ctatiitnaia.

receives only 0' p.[er] an. [num.] The Curate is to be [the] M;is-
ter, and is nominated by [the] ^'iear of Whalley : If [the] Curate
refuses, the Trustees arc to dispose of y" 5' p.[er] an.[num] as
they see fit. 10' more [is] given by y« said Mr. Ashcton, [the]
Int.[ere8t] to buy Books. The Children to be taught are such
whose Parents are farmers of the Towaship, and doe not Rent
above 10' p.[er] an. [num.]

I. M9R fbnt to y^ Poor by Mr. R.[ichard] Waddington [of Whalley,
BM by Will dated August 2Sth 1G71,] 20' ; given by that Hon'''«
and Good Lady the Lady EIiz.[abeth] Asheton [of Downham
Hall, in 1686,] 20'; [by] Mrs. Mar.[garet] Scbtcr [of Swains-
clough in the Parish of Gisbum, in the county of York, on the 9th
of May 1702,] 5'. This Stock is now in the hands of Christopher
Tattersall Junr. of Downham, hut only imtil one can be procured
who will give good security for it. Certif.[icale] of James Long-
field, Curate, Ocl. 27, 1718.

Tbc Choir on tbc South ie appropriated to tho Mnnar-houte, anil, in a vault buill
by Sir RAlpli AEali(<toii Dart, la the yrwr 1656, rest man; of the Auhctoua of Don-n-
ham. Tbc three Bella of Iho Church iiro said to hnro btvn rcmoTOd from Whalloj
Abbi-j Chuteh by ono of the earlier AsBbetons, a eupposition far from being impro-
bable.

ScnmtiaDi waa returned in the jeai 1G60 aa a Parochial Chapeliy conneting of
throe hundred famiJieB. Mr. George WhiUker M.A, rewiyed £10 from Ifae FwTner
of the Rectorr, and £30 a year from llie late Cnuatj Comniitteo. The InhalntaiitA
dmirod that TStiaton, haring fort; fmulieB, might he anncied to Donnham, and be
conitituled a Parish, with a competent allowatice for a Miniiler. — FarL Ituj. LamB.
MS3. Tol. ii.

The AdTOvBOD is vested in Che ^eoSee* of William Hulme Esq. b; pnrdiue from
Earl Howe.

' Downham Hall esiatcd in the yoar 1808 1 the eontro and one wing wow rebuilt
about the jcar 1775, and the other wing wna nftemardB added by William Aaaheton
Haq. Dr, Whitaker well oboerrce, that in point of Bituatioo, It hag («rtutil; no equal
in tho P»ri»h of WhoUcj.

]Ilra)ur» of Blatbtiuni.

M©©BS»ai[B«,' Certif.[ied] that '
^G3 there is no endowmeut. The Inhab.
[itaots] allow some iaconsiderable contrib. [utiooB,] which are
ill paid.

Divine Service [is performed] and [a] Sermon [preached] once
a fortnight by [the] Curate of Altham.

Goodshaw, a Chappell within Haalingden. I preach there
sometimes, but have notliing for my pains. Curate of Haaling-
den's Ace'- an.[no] 1704. V.[ide] Pap. Reg.

Served by [the] Curate of Haslingdeu, an. [no] 1724.

[There is] one Cottage belong, [ing] to [the] Chappell, let for
10'p.[er] an.[num.] Certif.[ied] an.[no] 1725.

8 m.[ile3] from \^^lallcy; 2 ni.[ilcM] from [the] next Chap,
[el-]

Neither School nor Charities.

< DcdLcaCed to St. Mar; eiid All Sainta. Vuluo in 1834 £121. U^uten b^n in
1732.

OtiDiLihaw is lituntul in Higher Booth, unci, itlthougb iu the Chspelry of Hoa-
lingdon, ia depcadunt upou WhoUoy, and not Llaalingdeu aa etatod by Bainoa. Tho
Chitpel was built tiere in tbo year 1640, 32d llenr; Vlli. and rebuilt in
1817-18. Id the year 16B0 Qoodahaw was rutumoil oa not Fafochial, though
having aerenty familiua, and being elereti milea from tho Parish Church. It had then
noither Htniator nor muDteiiance " sbto oho Mosauoge and a back-aido worth 10* per
ann." Tho Inhabitants desired to haTO a FarUh, and a oompclODt aUowance for A
reaident Minister. — FarL Inq. Lamb. MS8. toL ii It has now a dietrict aaaigocd to
it oompriiiug Morrell Uolgbt, whcm it ii situated, Crawahsw Booth, Qambleaido,
Ooodahaw, and haw Clough. There ia a Farsonage-houie, n naiclcnt Incumbeut
with a Curate, aud Sehools in active operation, — all fanning a pkaaing contrast to thp
gloomy picture drawn by Bishop Qaatrcll and tho Curate of Haelingden in the tort,
and to the atill more touching and miaernble picture of the Bepubhcan and Puritan
The Hiniator ie nppoiotcd by the Truatcea of William Hulme or Hulmo and

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Mm. S^ aSlEXdOSK.' Certif.[ied] I7I-

F^ S5J ^^ 08'-7''-3q'; paid ann'J by [the] Abp.

~D^u^ of Caiit.[er1)ury,] ll'-lC; every Easter a rent charged upon Land
^Vlm 'i6 by [the] WiU of . . . . 12'; surp.[licc] fees, 4i-G'-T^-^';
f*"^""^'^' Easter Boll, 1'.

Old Allowance, 4' p. [er] an.[num;] added by Abp. Juxon,
7'- 10, aa appears by [the] receipt of [the] Curate, an,[no]
1663.

Vic'' Nominal, [ion] of a Curate, an. [no] 1695. V.[ide] Pap.
Reg.

' Dedii»ted to St. Jomea. Toliic in 183S, £176. B^gbiUTS bc^in in 1685.

HsilinfjdBii is uot a distinct Manor, but a roember of tho Manor of Accrington
ffilhin tbe Honor of Clitbeioi-. In tht^ 53d lleorj Ut. Robert dc HasliDgdea held
lauds bere, uid is euppoftcd to haTe been the Kobeit dc Holden to nliosc bod Adsim.
iu the 5Gtli Henry III. Henrj dc lacj granted Ibo lands of W. de Bcdin, and Williani
liis son, wliicb rovertod to the Grantor by the felon; of William do Koctin, who was
Fxeculed at Lancaster in tbe jear 1272. Tbo samB Earl granted to Bobcrt de Hatdon
all the lands which Bobert, sou of Gilbert de Uolden and Williani Ic Mordrimer held
of him in the (own of Haslingdon ; in the jear 1307 he (>onTe;ed to Adam, son of
Adam do Uolden, part of his nasle of Tottington Frith \ and in the jear 133S tho
Earl quit claimed to Kobert de Holden a piece of land named "Brodlleui/' which he
bod bj the gift and feoflWent of Alan Bold. The Estalc descended to Kobert Holden
of Holden and Stockport Esq. who died in the jear 1730, ngod twenly-nino, haTing
b; Will dated the 20th of March 1729, dciised his Estates, in Trust, to his wife,
Martbn, (daughter of Tboma« Gilbody of Heap Ridings Gent.) and Henry Hap-
greaves of Easlingden, olotbier, (wbo afterwords married the widow Holden, his co-
trustee,) to dispose of the eame by sale, or otherwise, to enable tbem lo pay tundry
mortgages amounting to £3,600. A long minorily enabled Ibe Trustees lo preserre
Holden, which oonsislcd of lOSa. 3r. and valued in the year 1721 ut £30 pec
annum, for Balpb Uolden (the only >on of ibis improridunt individual,) on wboso
death iu the year 177B, tho Estate, (augmented by the addition of Palace House,
which he obtained iu nuuriage with Mary, sole daughter and heiress of John Holden
Esq.) descended to his only son, Ralph Holden, wbo, dying unmarried in the year
1792, it passed to his two sislers, the younger of whom died in the year 1817 s.p. j
and Betty, the elder, married in tho year 1788, Henry Greenwood of Burnley Esq.
whose sun and heir, John Greenwood of Palace House Esq. dying in the year
ISa was succeeded by his son Henry, who obtained Ibe Koynl LiroDse in the year
1840, to assume tho surname and onus of Holden, and is now the owner of Holden
Hall and Palaee House,— Xoac. MSB. vol. lui. pp. 250—263.

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Recommendatioii of a Curate by [the] Inhab. [itants,] w**" y"
approbatiou and appointment of [the] Vicar, 1704. 16.

Worth hut 12' p.[cr] aii.[niiiii;] Eaatcr Dues are paid to y'
Vicar; contrib. [utions] very insignificant. Curates Ace'- an. [no]
1704. Pap. Reg.

Aug.[mented] an.[no] 1719 wt^ 200', by Mr. George Har-
greaveSj^ and others.

6 Wardena.

In thu ycM 1296 there whs a Chspcl here, as tlio Tithe Corn was tien valood >l
T marcs, anil Iho Altarage of the Chnpel, with londa pertaioing to tbo Lords, at iiii
tnarce, and the Ecctor of Bhickbom was bonnd to find a Chaplain and to pay him
four maree, "according to the ouatom of the country." — Coucher Boot of WAalley,
f. 206. Id the year 1535 Sir John Uolden woa the Curate, and Christopher Jackson
the Ohantiy Priest of Uaslingdfn. —Lane. MSS. vol. ii. p. 46. In the year 1660 it
was described as a Parochial Cbapelry, eight miles from the Parish Cbureh, the
Inhabitants being dcairouH of haying a Parish and a competent endowment. Mr.
Bobert Gilbodj, tbo Minidter, was at that time suspended bj tbc Divines. ~ Pari.
luq. Lamb. MSS. ToL iL

Tho old Church was rebuilt in the jear 1780, with funds partly raised bj a Brief
dated the lit of March 1773, but the Tower, of the reign of Henry Till, was per-
mitted to stand. It was token down, however, and rebuilt in tho year 182S, and a
mmiesl peal of eight Bells presented, — sii of them by private individuals, aad two
purchaced by subscription. Tbo Church was also considerably enlarged at tho a
time, in a style of arebitocturc which, unfortunately, does not admit of dcsorip-

In the old Church was an Aisle on the North side of the Choir liclanging to the
fiunily of Bawstoroo of Newhall, and another on the South hulonging to the Holdena
of Eolden, but purchased by thu Inhabitants, in order to preserve the tmiformitj of
the new eroetion.— Whitakor's HMorg of Wlmlley, p. 417. "A Quire, within the
Chancel of tho Church or Chapel, which of right belonged to the ancient and capital
messuage called Ewood Hall in Haslingden, late thu Inheritance of the Eev. Thomas
Qartsjdc of Newington in the county of Kent," is named in a Deed dated tho 1st of
October 1617. ^Lanc. MSS. vol. iiiL Ewood Evid. Robert Deunlen of Uailiug-
dCD, yeoman, by Will dated the 10th of October I60B, bequeathed "a' to tho setting
fiirth of an lie at tho Church of Haslingden, if the same bo sett furth within fyvc
jerei next following." — Lane. MSS. voL iv. p. 265.

The patronage is now vested in the Trustees of William Hulmo of Eulme and
Kearslcy Esq.

* Mr. George Ilorgrcaves of Haslingden, mcnxr, the hcnofactor to the Church, by
Will dated the 25th of December 1723, gave £30 to the industrious Poor of Hastiug-
den, tho iulcresl to be eipendod yearly in Linen Cloth, by his Eiecu

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7 m.[iles] from Whalley;
K>TU. Holden and Todd^.

3 from [the] nest Chap. [cl.J

^^ nt 13 a School endowed w"" [the] Iiit.[ereat] of 100' left by
S^g Mr. Ashton,* late Curate here. The Curate to be Master.
Preaentm' 1716.

An. [no] 1718, Isaac Place, CuratCj certifyes y' there is not any
School in this Chappelry.

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^M ^1,^,1 under Burnlcv, Certif.[icd]
^SM that nothing belongs to it. A Sermon
a Quarter by [the] Curate of Burnley.

' Todd Hall, in HoaLingden, noD > CopjUoid Estate, luid lu thu year 15G9 AdBm
Holden Oent. Bccaod ion of OUb«rt UoldoD of lloldeu Esq. stated in a Deposition,
that ha had lived at Todd UaU for Iwuntj-ouo joors. Anitraw lloldi-n, b; Will dated
August Stli 1690, mentions his tatbcr and molhor, Adam and Margarut, and hii bro-
btothor, Ralph Holdim, and itatcs that Todd Uoll hod been eurrondercd lo Tnutoca
for hii (Icstator'a) uic, and as bo hj' Will should drrisP, by Robert HoldoD Esq. whom
ho appointed on EuKutor along nitL Cbarlcii On>gory. The Kstato doaccnded to
Ibomas Uoldca Esq. by vhoin it was mortgaged in the year IT2S to tbe Bor. Boger
Kay, Heetor of Fitlleton i and tbc morlgogo being afterwarda aaaigned to Oodfrej
Wentwortb of WooU^ Esq. M.F. he Aled hia bill in tho Court of Cbancer}' in the
joar 1741 against ThomaB Holden Esq. who wns debarred and foreclosed of and from
all right and equity of redemption in the Estate, and in the year 1746 it was oold.
Hie son, Thomas Iloldon, iraa thtm living. — Lane. MSS. vol. mi.

* Bishop Qadlrcll is incorrect in stating that tliis benefactor iros Mr. Ashton, ^ —
nor was his informant right in stating that tho sum was left foe tbe endowment of a
ScbooL Tho benefactor waa tho Kor. Btmjamin Uoldcn M.A. (fourth son of Andrew
Holden of Todd IIsll Esq.) who marn«l at Uiddlotoo, on the Ist of December 1686,
Doroth;, daughter of John Hopwood of Hoptrood Esq. and aubsoquentl; became
Sector of Stavehjy in the county of York. By WiU dated tbe 9tb of JnJy 1716, h«
gaTe £50 to be invested for tho Poor of Haalingdcn not receiving Parish relief aod
tbe intoreet to be distributed by tbe Minister and Churchwardena at Christmaa and
Midsummer ; and a further Bum of £60 to tho Poor, aa aforesaid, if Mary Chadwick
(of Carter Plare,) or her two sons, nhonld die before him or hi,-, wife, — wbieb ovrat
occurred.

■ Patron Saint unknown. Value in 1881. £101. RegiotvrB begin in 17-18.

Holnw <" >tc of lund in CUrigcr bclonginK la Ibr Abbey of Kirk-

JSeancii) of ISIacbtunt.

9 ni.[ilcs] from Whallcy: 2 from [the] next Ch.[apcl.] Cer.
Ii/.[icate] ofR. Kippax, Cur.{ate;\ 1719.

|The Holme.]" »«n.

gtnU, KoA nacil as a Orange. It was aftemarda restored hj the Uonks to tho chief
Lord, and ro-granled ia tbo jcor 1303 bj Heniy, Earl of Lincobi, to Williain do
Midlemorc, and Margery Wh wife, dnnghtor of Gilbert de !a Ixtgb, tho Dr»l of Hap-
lon To^ei. Tbej were both llTiag in the jew 1331 ; but before tho jcar 13S0 tbo
Holme hod passed to Pct«r l^ttenall, hnTing preriouslj belonged to Edmird Lcgh,
probably a IcinnmBii oi Margtrry Midlemorc. In the 9th Henry VI. 1430, ThonuiB
Whilakn' of Holme ocCuib ; and the Estate has dcBCondcd, anintemiptedly, to tbo
present oeeupiiT, Thomaa Hordem Whilaker Esq. grandson of tho Hot. Thomas
Duuham Whitaiit'r L.L.D. llie clussic and elegant historian, whoeo I'liaroetcr and
attainmeDts haie been delineated vitb singular felieity by a natiTO of tho game
rounty, who has liimself imbibed tbe spirit and suuceBsfully cultiiated the taste's of Ms
highly gifted friend. — See the Appendix lo Bfmarkt on Snglith Chureket, by James
Heywood Markland Esq, D.C.L. 4th edition.

The Chantry of Holme was founded about the year 1&37, and dissolTed in the year
1&47, lit Edward VI. when a pension of £1, 10s. 4d. was granted to Hugh Wntmougfa,
the stipendiary Priest, wbo, in tbe 3d Eliiabetb, sold a portion of tho Chantry lands
within Chvlger, to Thomas 'Wbitaker of Holme Qent. probably the Fonnder, as tbo
site was taken oat of the demesne lands, and adjoined tho house.

Harrison, in his Deiciiption of Britain, (1577,) alludes to tbie Cbantiy. Ho says,
" this brooke riaeth ubore Holme Church, goeth by Towneley and Burnley — bye and
bye — moeleth with the Cslder, and being tbos enlarged, runneth forth to Beade,
where Mr. Nowdl dwclleth, to Whalley, and soon after into Eibble." In tbe year
1650 Hnlme was returned as a Chapel, not Parochial, four miles from Burnley, and
elmen from Whallcy, without any maintenance.— io mi. MSS. toI, ii.

Having tontinued without a stated Minister two hnodred years, though never
redueod to a ruin, it was in tbe year 1743 again used fur Divine Serriee by tho nomi-
nation of an Incumbent, although the building was only forty-two foet by eighteen,
within. In the year 1TS3 it was robiiilt, at an expense of £870, more thui a moiety
of which was defrayed by Dr. Wiutaker, and canseoralod In the year 1794. It is to be
regretted that no regard was had to the true prineiplca of Eoclesiastical Arehitootore in
the re-erection of this Chapel, but that it remains to postenty as a refleetion upon
the taste of an individual whom all Church Antiquaries are well disposed to honour,
md a practical commcDtary upon his extraordinary obscrration, " that a spirit of or-
lUUneDtal architecture in new built Churches sboAild by all means bo discouraged ; by
thi* step Boligion would gain much, and Taste would suffer nothing ; for in all mo-
dem odiBces of this kind, tho point required has been (and very properly) to compnsa
the greatest number of people into a given space, and that end is scarecly compatible
with graceful form or elegant proportion I" — Hittory of Whalley, p. 893.

* The Holme was oiigiually built of timber, and the centre and east wing ■nvn-

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330 ilotttin CTcHtrunaifl.

' ^^ aKSEliN,' within Colne, Certif.

^^;^@ [i(^<^] ^^^^ "o moT« belongs to it than
l&*-8^ p.[cr] aii.[num.] A Sermon [is preached] once a month
by [the] Curate of Colne.

7 m.[ilcs] from Whalley; 2 [miles] from [the] next Chap, [el.]

rebuQt in tho jcar 1G03. Tlic West eiiil remained of wood until the year 1717. It
has remnlly been much iroprotcd bj tho present owner. The houjso will always be
interesting to the Seholar, the Divine, and the Astiqnary, from tho high assoi.'iBtionB
which connect it with at least two distinguiihed and Icsmed men.

' Patron Sunt unknown. Value in 1834, £^. Registers begin in 1913; pre-
viounlj entered at Colne.

Msnden, formerly Morclmdeti, and a Forest, garo oamo at an early period to a
family of which was Bichord de Merclesden, Clerli, who, at a time when Concubinage
was as much avowed as Marriage, garu lauds in Alcancoats, iii the year 1314, to
Robert his boo, wbose son Kicbard, living in the year 11^63, bad three sons, John,
Fetcr, and Qilbert. Henry, Doko of Laneastcr, in tbc eocond year of bis Duchy,
(1353,) granted all tbc lands which he beld in Cobie and Marsdou to Richard do
Walton : and again the Duke, in the fourtb year of the Duehy, granted to the same
individual other lands, in Colne and Manjdon. Dr. Whitaker very reasonably conjec-
tures this to have been the origin of the property of the Walton family ; and the pri-
vilege of appointing tbo Bell-man of Colne, still continued in tho family, appears to
have originated in tho feudal office of "Staurator," or Summouer, of the Courts of the
Duko of Lancaster. The family did not appear at the UeralcU' Visitations j but in
the time of Queen Eliiabctb, Eeniy Walton Gent, had two sous, Ambrose, who died
B.p. on tbc 11th of March 1669-70, when his brother Henry was found, by Inquisi-
tion, his next heir, being bom on the 23d of August 1G03, and buried in tho Cburoh
of Colne on tbe 13th of June 1684, leaving issue one son and heir, llcnry Walton,
(ob. 1724, irt. eighty.) who bad issue Eliiabelh, ob. unmarried in April 1688, »t.
twenty-one; Mary, bom in the year 1669, aud married in tbc year 1698, John
Pearson of Wyeoller Gent, (whose descendants still survive ;) and Ambrose Walton,
his only son, bom in the year 1671, aud died intestate in the year 1710, having by
his wife, (niarriod in the year 1602,) Mary, daughter and co-heirces of Henry Banastre
of Altham Esq. two sons, Henry and Ambrose, and several daughters. Of the suns,
Ambrose, of bis Majesty's ship BrUainua, died unmarried in the year 1711 -S, aged
thirty-eight i and Henry suecoodeit to the Estate as heir general of bis grandfather,
father, and mother. His two sons dying issueless, the Estate was devised by the
elder, in tho year 1784, to his cousin, the Bev. Eicbord Wroo, who assumed the sur-
iiuDs of Walton, and died oa the 3d of Doeombcr 1801, leaving a son, who was suc-
ceeded ' ■ sisters, rw hia I'o- heiresses, lu (he year 1849, on the

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Bcanrrj) of ISIacttfiurn. 337

There never was any School in the Chapelry of Marsden, nor ^c^aol.
hath any one taught in the Chapel, or near it, for some years last
past, except a poor woman that in the Township of Marsden
teacheth some small children. Ceriif.{icate] of John Barlow, Cur.

[ate of] Colne, May 17, 1720.

[Marsden Hall.'] »an.

death of Jane, the j'oiingcr sister, relicst of Frederick Uaw Esq. tliB M&nden and
Altham Estntpa devolred on Miss Miirui Ana Wroo WiUtun, tbo proeent exocUout
ovmer.— See p. 306, Note, under Axtham.

A Chapel ciUtiid here as early a» the roign o( Edward I. cortaiolj anterior to
the year 1296, {Concha- Book of Whalley, p. 206,) and a emaA and niDiui itructure,
(Uppoaed bj Dr. ^\'bitalcc^ to have been eonaecraCed in tbe year 1644, was taken
down and rebuilt in tbe year 1809. At this time the montbly aerviee mentioned by
Bishop Qastrell had been extended to one serrice in each fortnight, and had been
immomoriabi; porformed by the Minister of Colne. Dr. Whitakcr's accoont of the
method he adopted, as Vicar of Whalley, to remedy thu evil, cannot be read without
feelings of deep admiration. There is now a spacious Chiircli, a resident Incumbent,
and a Urge congregation twice erery Simdsj ; whilst in the year 1845, a Church was
erected in tho Township of Great Marsdm, which had been conattluted a new Parish
by the Eccleaiiutieal Commissioners, IiTies Walton and Mrs. Maw having giren £S,000
towards the building. The same ladies also contrlbulfld f300 towards the erection of
> National School and Muster's House, haling permanently endowed the School with
£30 per annum. Nor ought it to be omitted here that the same benevolent indiyi-
dnals considerably augmented the Living of Altham, provided a good Porsonige-
hcnue for tho Incumbents, and having built at their own cost, endowed with £80 a
year, a National School at Altham.

' Marsden Hall was rebuilt about the year 1740 by Henry Walton Esq. who was bap-
tised on the S2d of August 1698, and was a minor on the ileath of his mother, the
heiress of the Banaalrps, in the year 1718, He died in the year 1764. There is a
Sue portrait of him at Browsholme, Edward Parker and Thomoa Lister of Qisbom
Park Esqra. having been his Trustees. Dr. Whitaker states (p. 103 Kote.) that the
Manor of Altham was divided between the two eo-heircascs of Honry Banastre in the
year 1699, and that tho younger sister received £1,200, as a moiety, holding the
whole Estate until that sum was discharged. It appears, however, that Henry
Banastre of Altham Esq. by Will dated 1684, entailed his Hanoi
Eaaington, &c. on his son Nicholas, and his (Nicholas's) sons, in tail male, and in
&ilure of issue male, on his (the testator's) elder daughter, Mar;, (afterwards wife of
Ambrose Walton,) for life, and on her sons in tail male; in failure, on his younger
daoghter, Isabella, and her sons in tail male ; in deliiult of male
daughters of his son Nicholas, &c, ) and in de&ult of issue of all his said children,
the remainder over to the use of bis nephew, Francis, son of Henry Malham of Bee-
dilbrd near Colne, (by Dorothy Banastre, tbe testator's sister,) and his heirs
VOL. II.]

flotitiA CTBtvirnflifl.

Cf).!)]. ^nt. ^fg EaMesaae??,' m Pendle, caUed

9iigni. ^XM formerly the Chappell of y« Blessed

F»Bi MO Virgin of Pendill, by W^ name it was Consecrated an, [no]

1544. In y" Act of Consecrat. [ion] y* Bp does exonerate the
Vicar of WhalJey a ijudcuni]. curd el Regimine within y" Dis-
trict belonging to this Chappell or Parish Church. He settles
likewise a certain allowance for y Curate, w'*" y* Consent of y^
Vicar and Churchwardens, and he prohibits y Curate of Caatle
Chap, [el] in Clithero from officiating here. R.[effhter} B.[ook,] 2,
p. 232.

and the teatator proTidod (hat in caae hi* elder daughtw should mcceed to hii
Estates, the younger should receiTO £1,200. — Lane. MSS, vol. xvx.

' Dedicated to St, Mary, Value in 1834^ £135. Hegistofg begin in 1574.

The Forest of Pendle, io nnd surrouDdiog tbLe Chapelry, takes its name from the
bill BO called, anil waa one of the four diTision* of the great Forest of Blackburoahire.
This forest eovcrod an extent of no le«s than titenty-Bre mUei<, or Glleen thousand
itatute acres. As early as the year 1311, it was divided into eleven inecaries, of
which the principal nuuea m tbey nppcar in n Commission of Henry VII- arc
proBcrvod.

Tlie Chapel was erected here by the Inhabitants of the five booths of Oouldshaw,
Bareloy, Whitley, Roiighlee, and Oiildlawnde, and the sentence of Consecration
by John Bird, Bishop of Chester, bears date October 1st 154-1, (and not in the year
1543, as given by Baine«,) thereby decreeing "that all the fruits, oblations, andobTon-
tions of the said Choppel shoold goe to the support of a fit Chuptayn for celebratynge
Dorine Service, and for repayringa the said Chappd, without contradiction or dada-
mation of the Vicar of Whalley, and snving the rights of the B«etory." — Toumeltg
JUSS. ToL iv. p. 2, quoted by Whitaker. A Copy of the Sentence is preserved in
vol. i. in the Registry at Chesl«r, in which "(he Ulfl Chappell of the biessed
V, Hary of Pendle" is mentioned, and "the Churoh or Chappell" then erected is
to be conserralcd "for the Eiercisaing of Divine ofHces and the oelebration of the
Sftoramenis and Sacramentals by a fltt Chapleyncg" Ibo Inhabitants of the ssjd ham-
lets are to repuire tbe said Church or Cbupel, and in debult to bo cited ; and the
Chaplain of the Chapel within the Castle of Clithsroe is not to celebrate Divine Ser-
vice in the said Church of Pimdle ; and because the Bishop had not his Seal at band,
be caused the Seal of his Vicar Oencrnl to bo slllied to the Deed, 36th Henry VIII,
and the third year of tbe Bishop's translation. In the year 1650 it was stated to be
Parochial, embraoing one hundred md fifty families, and situate fire miles from the
Parish Choreh ) being one of the few instJincpD in which the distance given in this

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Scanrrs of UUritbuni.

389

^

k

Certif.[ied] 01i.l2»-0Oi, viz. paid from Downham, 1', left by S'
Edm.[und] Aaheton; 12', [the] Int.[ereflt] of W; Subscrip.
[tioas,] about 13'.

Augm.[ented] w'"" 200' by Mr. Curzon, an. [no] 1723; he nomi-
nates the Curate. V.[ide] Altham.

4 Wardens.

5 m.[ilcs] fitim Wtalley; 8 ni.[ileH] from [the] next Ch.[apel.]

^W ^rftiate ^rl)00l, but no endowment. j

S^K[ aiO to y= Poor^ by John Hargreavea, lO* p.[er] an.[niim;] Cljarttierf.

3S|S Int. [crest] of money by W-" Bullock, 3'; by John Peel,
l'-4^; by Hen.[ry] Fearnside, 5' a year; but by whom the money
was left [is] not known.

gnat Inquuition agrees irith tliat in tho text. TIib lni]ui»itora bsTing lui ubject iu
Tiew, plsoed the Chapels u remote &om the Mather Chareh la poasiblo, und not
alwBjs in accorilance with fact. The Inhabitants desired that their Chapetr; might
be made a distinct Parish, and thst an endovrmeat might be gnmteH, u Ur. Editard
Lappaga, their Minister, nbo is described u "nn able Divine," had onlj £39 a year,
hj Order &om the Coonty Committee. — Pari. Inq. Lanii. Libr. vol. li. May Sth
1787, collei^tcd on a Brief for Fendle Chapel b Whallej, Zd. ^ Milaroio Segitlfr.
The Cbitpol had been rebuilt in tho year 1735, at a cost of £1,268,

The Nave and North Aislo of tho Church were rebuilt in the year 1788 ; but the
low aquat Tower, with the dale 1712, coDlaiuiiig one boll, was nllawed lo remain.
There was formerly in tho Chapel-yard a low plain erosa cullitd *'Pendle Ctom," at
whioh, in the 29th Henrj VI. RaufHolden, Abbot of Whalley, with the ChartCTers
and Customers of the Forest held a meeting to enquire into encroaehmenls and

The Trustees of William Huhne Esq. nominate the Incumbent.

HaJkin Tower, in Pendle Forest, was the ecene of pretended Witchcraft in the jrear
161S, and again in the year 1633, when some of the most distinguished indiTidnals in
this part of the county were employed in the inTeatigatton of it ; amongst others,
John Starkio of Hunlroyd Esq. whose grandfather suffered in the year 169-1 from ■
■intilar delusion at Cleworth, (see p. 184 ;) and the parties implii^ated in the papular
mythology, were afterwanls examined by Bishop Bridgeman, and also by Charles I.
in person.

OeoTge Foi, the Founder of Qoakerinn, assorted that hi
nation oti the tap of Pendle Hill, "a very hii{h maun

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iiotitia (Trfttrirnsis.

P^ «J Wj^lEHICSffllKCie,' in Rossenkale.

o^M. in. J@bB The Forrest of Eossendale was in y*

[An»b.] times of H.[eiiry] 7 and H,[enry] 8 Disforrcstcd, and y" Land

was improved, soe y' in 40 years time from 20 persons y» people

were encreased to 1,000, who built a Chap, [el] for themselves and

maintained a Minister. V.[ide] Deed [in] New Reff.[isler.]

Lcsliu'B Snake in (A< Oram, ■p. 325 j Foi's Journal, p. 72. TliiB w»a before the jear

1647. wheQ he flnt pnmolied in Iklanubester, — Sewvll, p. 13.

* On referring to the ort^DBil CcrtiScates, it eeems doubtful irbetber these iin&U
■uma were originftily given to tho Incumbent or to the Poor ; and, aa thej are not
uoticed bj the Cluritj CommisBi oners, the probabiiit; is that they were gifts for the
endowment of the Chapel. Mr. J. Ohubrook, the Curate, atatea on Ma; 15th 1720,
that Sir Edmund Aeheton of Wballey gsTe £10, and that he could not Icam vho
g«Te £20, being the residue of the endowment. Christopher Qrimshi™ nnd John
nartle;, the Cburoh-wardeos, altcrwarda gave "a partic-ular account of tho Charities
beioDging to the Cliapei of Pendle," and said that " Sir Edmund Asbetou Sart. gave
the interest of £10 to our Chapel, for ever, which is paid bj John BobinioQ of Bar-
ic;, jearlj, 10s. ;" and then follow the four sums, making £1, whiuh is paid in the
proportions and by the indiTidnala mentioned b; Bishop GHslrell.

' Dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Value in 1834, £231. Bcgislfrs begin in 1664.

The Dume of this place is obviously derived from the Church, which was built here
in the year IBll, and was the first Place of Worship erected ia the Forest of Bosaen-
dale. The latter name is probably formed from tho British word rhot, eipressire of
the dusky colour of the heath grass.

The Chase of Bosaendalo in tho 4th Edward II. 1310, was divided into eleven
Tacearioa, or cow pastures; and in the 32d Henry VII. 1506, the number of vacoaries,
now called booth?, hod increased to nineteen. Tho names are atiU preserved, and
form the towoshipa and hamlets of the Forest.

Mr. Baiaes statoa that the Chapel was dedicated lo St. Nicholas, and suEOoientlj
largo for eighty persons, being the existing population i both ot which assertions are
inconsistent with tlie text, although the latl«r assertion is made On the authority of
Dr. WTiitakor. On the Hth of July 1615, the Curate of " Roasyngdaie" paid xx" to
the Archdeacon of Cheater, for his admisaion to the Curacy. — Lane, ISSS. voL ijl_
p. 292. Id tho year 1561 the population was found to be too large for the Church,
which was rebuilt in that year, and again in the year 1825. Tho Chapel appears to
have been originally colled "9edenayae Chapel," and there ia still ou the North of the
village a high ground called "the Seudenaac, or Seeton.hejs." On the 6th of April

1648, "3' George Qregore of Bosaoudayle, p'st," after directing hia "boddye to be
burjd iu y* parysh churcho yorde of liaslyngdoD," bequeaths by Will (proved al

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Ocancrit of Blacbftum. 341

Aii.[uo] 3 H.[enry] 8, Lettice Jackson,'* Widow, Surreodred
Lands for y= Use of tliia CIiap.[el] now worth (an.[no] 1718,) 40'
p.[er] aii.[num.] Only 20' of w"" is now enjoyed by y« Curate,
the Case being still depending in [the] Dutchy Chamber, V.[ide]
Commission of Char. \itable\ Uses, an. [no] 1665. New Reg.\iater^

An.[no] 1724, [The] Chanc.[eUor] of y" Dutchy, w"- L'iCh.[ief]
J.[ustice] King and Mr, Reeves, Assistants, unanimously Decreed
y* Lands in Question (being by Estimation 150 Statute acres,) to
y" Church, w"" mean profits and costs.

This Chap, [el,] w<* is s'' to belong to y' Parish of Clithero, from
w^ it was 12 m. [ilcs] distant, was made Parochiall by K.[ing]
Edw.[ard] 6, and called by y" name of y" Chap, [el] of our Saviour,
w"" a parccll of Ground enclosed w"" a hedge, called ye Chap.[elJ
Yard, to have all Offices performed in it as in any Par. [ish]
Church : [The] People to maintain that Curate who is to be
named by [the] B.[ishop] of [the] Diocese. V.pde] Order qf
{the] Dutch;/ Court, New lieff.[ister.']

Chester,) "to y' Sedenayse eliappell in RoagonilajlB that j" S'uice and decaei [decaja?]
J' of may bo bett' upliuldjno & my flujUc proyde fore j" for en,' iij' iiii''." He
tppeara to have liod a share in a few boe-hives,— some of which stood at Wolfen-
den-booth ; and the whole of his worldly goods amounted to 60s. Amongst the debts
owing to him are, " the ChappoU ryres of HosBoudaylo, iij' j ward' wagges, y' is to say
WyUjh'm haawotth, yiii" iii'' ; John Nuttow, ix' ; Alex, haworth, Tiii' iij' j John
talt'saU, Tiii' yii'' ob. ; Rye. wjtteworlh, vLi' i'' ob. ; X'pofer brj-che, yii' x"" ob. The
Inhabitants staled in the 4tb Edward VI. to the Commissionera of Pious Uses, that
they had about thirty-eight years before, (1511,) "made a Chapell of <
middest of the forrest, the way to their par^sshe Chapell of Clithero from the forreat
being peuefull auil p'Doue ; and that ever siaoe there had bene an honest Minister,
whom they had supported, aa well aa the said Chapell, wiiiout any detrimeut to y"
parson of Clithero ; and thoj pray that the Inhabitants of Lonches, Cowpe, ftc may
be annexed to the said Chapel of o'' Sariour within the forrest of BosseDdalc, rescrring
the right of appointing the Minister to the Bishop. ^£j; aivMv. Ep. Ceitr, This was
merely a Petition, but a Decree appears to have been grounded upon it, — the Biihop,
however, nercr exercising his right. — See HUtoiy of Whattej/, pp. 152-3.

' Dr. Wbitaker expresses some surprise that the Commissioners of Chantries did not
seize upon these lands ; but he appesirs to have forgotten that Neweburoh was not a
Chantry, but a Chapel of Ease to the C«stle Church of Clitheroe, and therefore the
Chantry Commiasionera had no power to diyert the pious gift of Lettioo Jackson.

In Iha year 1664 Thomas Sanders, Clork, Mioisl^i of Rosiendale, wds eotnpUbanI,

k

^otitia Ceeiritnaie.

Certif.[ied] 23i-lO00'i, viz. 201 Reut Charge upon Copyhold
Lands, part of V^ being now Mortgaged is dubious; Surp.[lice]

ES, 31.10.

8 Wardens.

8 in.[iles] from Whalley; 2 m.[ile8] from [the] next Ch.[apel.]

ere is a School endowed by John Kershaw, after his wife's
death, (who died an.[no] 1709,) w^^ Lands worth lOLlO
p.[er] an. [num.] For y* 2 first years after her death, the Rents
were applied by y' Feoffees to y« building of a School-house, W^
was finiKhed an. [no] 1711 ; since which they have been given to
y" Master, who is nominated by y" Feoffees.

[The] Writings are in y* hands of y" Steward of y" Honour of
Clithero.

• ^^ *"'' given to [the] School, [which] contains 30 Statute
■^g Acres. Left also by John Kershaw, 80^^

Hod Christopber Nuttall and Ljdis his vife, defendsnli, in a Pica before the Com-
musiotic-ni for Choritabli- I'sea. Tha defendautB, iii their aiisircr, don; tlist Letlice
Jackson had poircr to give the lanii« in question to thu said charitable u»« ; and itated
that thorn being a Suit pending in the Duchj Court between Junea Kershaw, Clurk,
Curate of Newrhureb, phuntiff, atid Johu Nuttsll, (father of the said I^dia, wife of
the said Cliristopher,) defendant, the Bamc eamo to a hearing on the 4ch of Uaj, Eth
James, (1607,) and the Chancellor decreed that llie lands shonld bo iHUnmdored to
the Bud John Nuttall and his hotra, for ever, charged with twenty marks a year to
the said Kershaw, so long as ho ehould bo Minister there ; and afWrwards, thnt £20
a jear should be paid to erory succeeding Minister who should say and read Ditina
Service there. This decbion wm revcraed in the year 1724. In the year 1650 Ihia
Newrhdrch is describod a* a Farochiul Chapelry, embracing three hundred hmilies,
and being twelre miles from the Parish Church. Mr. Robert Dewhurst, an able
Uinister, "hath do allowance at all trom the Stale but what the Inhabitants hestdwo
uppon him on their own accord." They humbly dciire that their Chapelry may
be made a Fariih, and a competent maintenance allowed Tor a Minister. ^Par2. laq.
Lamb. MSS. Hero is no mention of thu lands wliich were doubtless withheld &om
the Church at this time by the Trustees, and not restored ontil the year 17S4, which
ia the "worm than ncgloct" alluded to by Dr. ^liiuker, {WhalUg, p. 224,) who
obaerret that the lauds were valued at the latter end of the last centuiy but one, (the
seTentHUith,) at £50 per anuum ; whilst Mr. Baine*, omitting tlie words " but oae,'
gives thai w- their value iu the eighteenth century.

Draiurn of lilacDbum.

1

i

^^Hfll-aW,' Certif.[ied] 1B'.19».7}'', £^y w

^JgJ viz. Debenture money, 6'- 19"- 2''; dS*f»L*b
given by K.[ing] Edw.fard] 6, (12'-G'i, ded.[ucted] by them that [1-3- '"''■s.]
pay it,) 6'-6'-8'i; Rent Charge upon Ollerbotham left by Mr.
Pieree Starkic, [in 1666,] 3'; House and Ground in Padiam left
[given] by Joh.[n] Starkey, [Starkie,] Esq. [in 1697,] 21-10';
Rent Charge out of an Estate at Symondstone left by [the will
of] Mr. ■Will.[iam] Starkey, [in 1703,] ll; Int.[erest] of lO" left

The Viear oCWhallej is tho PatroD.

' Bsinea stjle« the founder " Sir John Kershaw." He iraa a yeoman, and died at
WoLfenden Sootb Fold, in tbe year 1701, aged eightj-fire. The School wag rebuilt
io tbe jean 182^-30,

' Dedicated to St. Leonard. Value in 1834, £131. Hegiitera begin in 1GT3.

Padiham ia said to have derijod it« name from the rfseinbliuico of iti dta to that
of Padua, which was fimt noticed bj the Emperor Antoninus CaracsUa in a rojal
progress between York and Ribehester. Dr. Whitakn', from the Catalogue of the
NatiTi belonging to the Abbey of Cokorsand, nuppoeea it to b»Te been tbe abode of
theSonsofPaiL

Edmund du Lac; bad a Charter for Fhsi Warren in bis lands of Padiham in tbe
8&th Henry III. and it was described as a Manor at his death in the 42d Henry ITT.
bnt in tbe 4tb Edward IT. it appeared that tbe Manor had never been granted out j
•nd the land is now held under tho Courts of Burnley and Higham, anbject to tbe
Lord of the Honor of Clithero.

This Churoh was origiiialJj a Oionlry, founded before tbe year 14B1 by John
Uarashall L.L.B. and the original Tower, and little Choir, probably rebuilt in the
reign of Henry VITL «till remain. Tbe Nave was rebuilt in tbe year IT66, in a
dabaaed style of architecture. The Eaat window eontains tbe arm* of Abbot
Pailew, and olio eight painting*, beautifully executed. Tho Font was probably pre-
•anted by Abbot Paslew about tbe year 1526, and bears bia arms upon it. At this
time the Chapel la aupposed to bace obtained the rights of Baptism and Sepulture,
and thus to have become Parochial. In tho year 1660 it is styled a Parochial Cha-
pelry, four and a half miles &om the parent Church, comprising two hundred and
thirty-two families, of theie, one hundred and six pereons lived for remote from
Wballey. They humbly desired that their Chapclry might be made a Parish. Mr,
John Brearea M.A, their Minister, bad £6. 19b. 2d. paid him by tbe Roceirer of tho
Bevenuca of tbe Duchy, and £33 per annum from tho late County Committee. —
Pari. Inq. Lamb. Libr, rol. Li.

The AdrowBoa of the Church, or Piroohial Chapel of Padiham, is named in the
Will of Fierce Starkie of Huntroyd Esq. dated the lat of May 1768, and wa« ob-

344 ^Urtttta Crflttriemte.

by S'Ediii.[und] Asheton, !()■; Sturp.pice] fees, 2l-9»-5}^; East.
[er] dues, S-fi^.

Only ©lO-.OO* paid out of y« Dutchy Bents, an. [no] 1704.
Vic.[ar] of WhaUey's Actf- v.[ide] Pap. Beg.

An. [no] 1503, a person was Instituted and Inducted into the
Chantry of Padiam. Inst. \ittUion\ JB. [ooil,] 1 .

4 Wardens.

3 m.[iles] from Whalley; 2 m.[iles] from [the] next Ch.[apel.]
HftHiir. Huntroyde,^ Bead,^ Hapton,* Shuttleworth,* [Pendle,* Gaw-
thorp.^

tained hj him in the year 1730, as a Bene&ctor of £200, under the Act of (George L
Dr. Whitaker erroneously states that it was obtained by L. P. Starkie Esq. the grand
nephew of this benefactor.

The foUowing Incumbents of this Church, firom the Begister at Chester, will com-
plete Dr. Whitaker*s Catalogue, HiHory of WhaUey^ p. 267, and Addenda^ p. 538: —
"March 26, 1603, Trystram Tate inst. to y* Chantry of Padeam yac. per mort
William Hesketh ad present. Guidonis MarschalL" ** April 21, 1505, Thomas Broke
inst. to y* Chantry of S. Leonard of Padiham yacat. per mort. Tristram Tate ad pres.
Bichard MarschalL" *< April 21, 1515, for a Curate admitted to Padyham, xx«>."—
Archdeacon of Chester^s Act Book,

' Huntroyd became the property of Edmund Starkie Gent, son of William Starkie
of Bamton in the county of Chester Esq. in the year 1464, on his marriage with
Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of John de Symondstone, and is now in the pos-
session of his descendant, Le Ghendre Nicholas Starkie Esq. brother and heir of Le
Gendre Starkie Esq. who died without issue in the year 1822, and son of Le Ghendre
Piers Starkie Esq. and his wife Charlotte, daughter of Benjamin Preedy D.D. Bector
of Brinkton in the county of Northampton. The house is a modem building, situated
in the midst of richly diyorsificd and picturesque grounds.

* Bead was at a yery early period in the possession of the Church of Whalley, but
was afterwards alienated ; and in the 37th Edward III. Laurence NoweU Esq. ex-
changed the Manor of Gh-eat Mearlcy with Sir Bichard Gh'eenacres, for a moiety of
the Manor of Bead, which continued in this family until the death of Alexander
Nowell Esq. in the year 1772, and being afterwards sold, by a Decree of the Court of
Chancery, to J. Hilton Esq. it was conycyed by sale in the year 1805, to Richard
Fort Esq. whose son, Bichard Fort Esq. M.P. rebuilt the house, and whose grandson
is the present owner.

The Nowell family is represented by Margaret, niece of Alexander NowcU Esq.
M.P. of Underley Park, (ob. 1842, s.p.) and relict of the Bey. Josias Bobinson M.A.
Boctor of Alresford in the county of Essex, who died in the year 1843. Mrs.
Bobinson has assumed the surname of NoweU.

I3fann-|t of ISIadttium. 345

^^^ tvt is a [good] School-[liouse,] built about 40 years agoe fittaoX.
S^ji [by contributions,] but uot endowed. Ccrtif.[ied'] Oct. 27
KB. [wo] 1718, fi.v Mr. John Grundy, Curate.

' Hnptou Tower waa sold to GUbart de lit Legh, in the 3d Edwari HL He WW
■on of Jobn do la Legh, nbo married Cocilia, daughter and eohelrcaa of Bichwd de
Townelej-, and hiii grandson ia sljlpd Richard de Toimt'lej, alim De la L^gh, SberiS'
of Lancashire in the jesr 1375. In the 12th Henry TIT. his descendant, Sir John
Towoelo; bad a License for making a Park nt Ilapton, and in tiie 6th Hear; VIIL
ha emparked or cnclosisl all the woatea and open flelda, being one thoueand Lanca-
■hire acres. Iluptoa v/at sequMten-d after the Battle of Uarston Moor, and the
Tower and Castle fell into decay after the Restoration.

* Shottleirorth Hali, in Uapton, was the residence of the Cunily of that name before
the 8d Edward III. when Henry de Shuttleworth died seized of it, and eight oigangi.
It has long been the property of the fitarkiet of Huntroyd. Tbe honse U a large
itR^olar building, of the time of James I. and probably does not occupy the original
uSfl, as an adjoining field has long been known by the name of " the Old Hall." The
lands annexed to the Hall amount to upwards of eleven hundred acres. It ii oc-
mpied by a farmer.

* Fendle Hall is a largo Tudor bouse, built about the time of Queen Eliiabetb, and,
with npwards of seren hundred and soyenW-six acres of land, was conveyed in mat-
riage with Ann, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Hancock Oent. to Edmund Starkie
of Huntroyd Esq. in the year 1560, in whose descendant and representative it ia now

? Oawthorp has been the seat of the Shuttleworths since the i3d Edward III.
when Agnes, daughter and hciroas of WLlham de Hacking, eonvejed it to her hns-
band, Cghlred, son of Ucnry de Shuttleworth. From hira, the Estate descended,
nmattTTuptedly, to Bohert Shuttleworth of Barton Lodge Esq. who dii<d on the S9tb
of January 1816, and by Will dated the 24th of October 1815, gave all his Maoon
and Lands in Lancashire and Westmoreland, in Trust, to John, Lord Crewe, and
Abraham Henry Chambers of Bond-street in the county of Middlesex Esq. for the
use of his seoood sou, Robert Shuttleworth Esq. Barrister- al-Law, and Chairman of
the Quarter Seasions at Preston, wbo married at Edinborgb, November Stb 1816,
Janet, daughter of Sir John Maijoribauks of Lees In the Shire of Berwick Bart, and
died on the 6th of March 1B18, having, by Will dated the 12th of February 1818,
devised bis Estates to bis only child, Janet Shuttleworth, then an iniant under the
age of one year. It is erroneously stated by Baincs, that (bis lady married Frederick
NoHh Esq. She married, February 24th 1842, James Fbiliips Eaj Esq. M.D.
(a native of this county,) distinguished by his active eiertions in
popular Education, and wbo, upon bis marriage, assumed the surname
Shuttleworth. The widow of Robert Shuttleworth Esq. married Frederick North of
Hastings Esq. — ^ Indenture of settlement, previous to marriage, dated the 10th of
June 1825. The HaU, of which a view is given in Whitaker's ffitlory of WhiU«i,
VOL. II.] Y V

i^otitia ^CBtriCHRiB.

aiigm. ^H^ 1E?I2riE2iffllEH.,' in Boland Forest,

pb„ ,07 g^^ called " BoUond Chap, [el,]" in old

Fui. dIu! 3 Leases; part of y^ Chappelry is in Yorks. [hire,] part in Lane,
[iPr. 1(1-] [asMre, and] tLe Chappell [is] in Yorkshire. Certif.[ied] G'.O.QJ;
this is paid by [the] Abp. of Cant, [erbury ;] no other profits.
This 6' does properly belong to Castle Chap, [el] in Clithero, and
is given to [the] Curate of Clithero for Preaching here once a
month. V. [ide] Castle Chaf, [el.]

Rob.[ert] Parker of Carlton, Yorks. [hire,] has given Lands
worth 400' towards the augmcntat, [ion] of this Chap, [el,] an. [no]
1717.

These Lands [are] about 5 m.[ile8] from WhitewcU, in York
Dioc.[e9e,] and let now (1724) for 19' p.[er] an.[num:] He gave
also a Rent upon a House in CUthero of 34''' p. [er] an. [num ;] in
consid. [eration] of w''' the Gov. [ernors] of [Queen Anne's] Bounty
gave 200', not yet laid out in Land: an. [no] 1724. The Curate
now enjoys also y^ 6' p.[er] an, [num] given formerly to Castle
Chapel.

I Dodirated to . Valuo in 1834, £88. Begistore begin in

BoirliiDd eonsbte of part of the Parish of Wbullej, and of Iho Faruhos of Slnid-
burn (uid MitMn, l-ogethir nith the Forest, aod u a. member of the Honor of Cli-
theroe. One of its principal afGcor* was the bovr-benrcr and obiet steward, called in
a patent of Henry IV. granted to Sir James Hnrington, "the Forester." At a
later period the ban-bearer was eulled " the Farlt-er ;" and this feudal office has been
held for three centuries by the family of Parker of Browshatmo.

Tbe Cbapel stands on the East bank of the Hodder, near the Ecepcr's Lodge, and
is a plain and simple fabric, originally built about the time of Henry VII. It is men-
tioned as eiisting in tbe year 1531. A sketch of it is given in Wbitaker'a Biiiory of
Whalleif, p. 236. In the year I6E0 it vros returned as not bmog Parochial, but baring
one hundred and sixteen fiimilies, eight miles from the Parish Church, and bating
"neither Minister, nor maintenanoe for any." The Inhabitants desired to have a
Farish and Minister, uid an endowment. ^ — PiW, liiq. Lamb. lAbe. toI. li. In the year
1818 the Chapel was rebmlt, and a memorable Consecration Sermon preached, in trou-
blous times, b/ Dr. T. D. Whitaker, from the words, " Souud an atarm," Joel ii. 1,

ScaiicTD of ISIac&bum. 347

Towns. 2. Great Bolland, (iu Yorksliire ;) Little BoUand, in CoHind.
Lancashire.

7 m. [iles] from Whalley; 2 [miles] from Chipping; [and] 3 m.
[iles] from [the] nest Ch. [apel,] viz. Wiresdale.

No Wardens.

[The] Chap. [el is] very small; [it] will not hold above 200
people.

Browsholm Hall,* belong, [ing] to Mr. Parker, in Great Bol- Ban.
land.

' Brawiholmo is a large house of red stone, with a centre, tiro wings, and k small
bijnde in front, and nppeara to hata been eitlier wholly or pcincipallj built iu the year
1604. Thomns Llater Parker Esq., a gentleman of refined laate and literary Bltain-
ments, expended large sums in improving this interesting mansiou, and, under tho
direction of JcSrej Wyatt, produced some handsome modern apartments vrithout in-
juring tho original appcorance of tho house, ^ See an Accoarit of Broirtholtite, pri-
Tately printed by T. L. Porker Esq. The interior of tho honae is rich in paintings,
oak furniture, and curiosities of oldea times. Mr. Parker sold the Estate in the year
1820 to his cousin. — See p. 337, Mote 4.

Beatu'p of i.calanti» in iLancastfjtre.

a. 29. ^^^^^^

»J^30i.®,' Certif.ped] 491- 15'.
^... 0. I. tMi^amm^tii^ O^''. ^'z- Olcbe, S'-S-; Pnedlall Tyths

D£r^^«^HH^^^^/7^ for 7 years past, about 40'; Rents paid

' '^ ' by some [of the] Inhab. [itants,] 5"-

lOf; East.[cr] Roll and other Dues,

^^y,y 3'-G'-8J; Surp.picc] fees, 1" ■ lO";

^>5'^. Ded.[uct] Proc. and Sj-n. 15".

Au.[no] 1603, WiU.[iam] Caven-
dish Esq, Patron. lasl.litution] B.[ook,'] 2, p. 35.

An. [no] 1630, [the] E.[arl] of Devon, [ahire] Patron. 16.
p. 116. /6. in 1662. Eclon.

Patron, [the] Duke of Devonshire.

' Dedicated to St. JoniN. Value in 1»34, £515. Parish BegisCcn begin in l&SB ;
but are wantiiig from 166S to 1688, and from 1693 to 1713.

Thomns de Bumul held lands here in tho reign of Heni^ Itl. under Grellj, Boron
of Manchester, vho acquired part of the hundred of LejUnd in the diriiiioQ of lands
made between liim and Kogcr do BualL la Iho 22d Kdwaril 1. tbv Manor was in
wardabip, owing to the death of Peter de Bumhulle; and in the 2Gtb Ednitrd III.
it pBflsed with Joan, daughter oud heircas of Sir Peter de Brjn of Br}^hill, to
William Gerard Esq. whose descendant, in the eighteenth century, sold it to the
Duke of DcToutbire, and the Manor is now vested, bj ao cxehojige, in tho Eart of
Burlington.

This Church is cot mentioned in the Valor of 1291 ) and is supposed to hare been
taken out of the Parish of Lcjrliind subsetjucntlj to that period. It ia called bj
Ecton "BrinMU, oBm Brindle." In tho time of Edward I. it was written "Bum-
hulle," and afterwards " Brandhill," and maj dcrivo its name from Bumt-hill.

In the 241b Henr; VII. the Advuwaon was held by Sir Thoma? Gerard of Brvn

29taiicrv of 3.e»IaiUl. 349

[and] 2 Assist. [aiita,] chosen [according to the] ZoimS,

r

i

2 Wardens
Can. [on.]

No ancient Seat.

Bi^^ ere is a School, built by y* town upon y« Glebe, free to y= <$d]oat
^^ Children of all Legall Tnhab. [itants] wlio arc bom in y"
Parish. All y" Revenue belong, [ing] to it is y« Int. [crest] of
177' ■ 12", of W^ 1001 was given bv Mr. Peter Burscough (of Wal-
ton,) an. [no] 1623; 10' by Edw.[ard] Blackledge, [in] 1657; W
by Tho.[mas] Sharrook, [in] 1695; [1658?] and 10' by Tho.
[mas] Sharrock y" younger, [in] 1700; and 17'-12> by persons
unknown, at scv. [eral] times. There arc seven Trustees, in whose
hands are lodged y" Decree and other Writings relating to y"
Government of y" School ; but y* Master is nominated by y« Beet.
[or] of Brindle.

and Brvndyll Knt. ; and another Sir Thomas Gerard pn»eQted to tho Living in Ihc
jeax 1667, although in the year 1549 bo hud settled the Adrowson upon the nifo of
Sir John Port of EtwoJl in the county of Dorbj, whoie daughter and eohcin
had married. In the time of Queen Elizabeth, Sir Thomas Oerord was imprisoned in
the Tonci OD a charge of being implicated in t!ic design of liberating Mary, Quran of
Scots, and to proturo his reletue he alienated and mortgaged ecTeral Maaora ; and
ahontthis time the Advowsonof Brbdlopsswd to Sir William Cavendish, Mher of the
Sret Earl, and has descended to his repreeentative, the present Duke of Dcronsbirc.

The Chutch is a small utrueture consisting of a Tower, Nare, and Chancel, withont
Aislee or Chapels. There were, howorer, probably two Chantries in the Churcb, as
in the year 1536 Sir ■Tohn Hampton and Sir Oiren Qerard were Priests, and Sir
Thomas Buckley Rector of BryndhnlL — ioitc. MSS. voL ii. p. 46. The Tower, with
its castellated battlements, crocketod pinnacles, and strong buttresses, seams to bu part
of the original fabric. The old Nate was removed in the year 1815, and rebuilt by
the Fariah at a cost of £1,650. The free seats in tbo Choir are of oak, and dated
1582 and 1634.

In the year 1650 Brindle was described aa an entire Parish of itself, haying a Parson-
age-hoU3D with scTcrnl other buildings ; fonr bctfs of Qlebc ; and fire cottages of the
yearly rent of 6b. 8d. llie Tithe Com, small and other Tithe, valued at £76 per an-
num. "Mr, William Walker is the present Incumbent," (omitted in Baincs's Cata-
logue of the Sector*,) " and is to reoeito the pro&ts of thu Parsonage. Ho is con-
formable to the present Ooicmment, and was presented by William, Earl of DoTon-
shire, Patron, as is presumed, and had the aaaent of above forty of the Inhabitants
of the said Parish." — Pari. /aj. Lamb, Lihr. Tol. ii.

^

350 jjlotiiia Ccstvimsis.

[The] Revenue of [the] School [was] certif. [ied] an.[uo] 1724
to be 300'. 6', viz. given by Pct.[er] Burscougb, lOQi; [by] Ed.
ward Blackledge (iu 1722,) lOQij [by the] two Tbo.[masl Shar-
rocks,' 10' each; [by the] Rev. Mr. Henry Pigot^ B.D. Hector, 40',

' Henrj Pigot, deacendod &om n respectiiblo Cbesliire family, woe bom on tho 11th
of March 16aS, Iwing tho grcond son of Geofircj Pigot of Fortuu in tho county of
BtoSbrd Gent, and hie wife Juditb, dnughler of Mr, John Davmport of Bulley Hall
in the county of Chester. He was a Scholar of Lincoln College Oxford, B.A. in the
year 1650, M.A. in tho jear 1654 j and being a. Doauon " of cieraplarj life, well cooi-
niendetl for hia rirtUL'9, and thoroughly inatructiMl In tbc knowledge of sneivd Ittcra-
turo," waa ordained Prient at Soothill Hull near DeWflbury, on Thuradnj the 27th of
September 165-1, by Henry, (Tilaon,) Bishop of Elphin, tbeu an exile from hii
See.

Oa tlio 7th of August 1660, (according to Wood, 1661,) Pigot gradnBted B.D,
being at that time Rector of Briudle ; and aa he beld the Living upwards of seventy-
one years, be must have been iustitutcd about the year 1650-1, and, probably, by
the ruling powere. Ue continued Hector during the various chnngea of the timea,
although adverse to them all, i>icept the lust, by which he obtained tho VicnnigD of
Bochdale from Archbishop Juion in tho yuu 1662. In the Church- wardens' Account
Boolts of the latter Parish, there are many notices of him through a long series of
years ; from which it might seem that he was generally resident at Rochdale, Imme-
diatuiy upon hia being collated, the Church-wardens were required to procare " two
Holland Surplices and a Hudd for Mr. Pigott," as it afterwards appeared that he
maiDtained the use of the Surplice, as the dress of the Parochial Clergy in all the
O0ces, preaching included, and discarded tho Qown or Cloak of his predecessor Mr.
Bath, as fitting only to be worn by Preachers licensed by tho Uuiversities. Id tho
year 1G62 he ordered that furniture for the Church should be bought at Mauehester,
consisting of "brood Greea Cloth, talTety, fringe, and silk, for the Pulpit, Quishion,
and Communion Table," and that tho latter should hare " tho frame sett about It."
In the year 1665, by bis order, the Clerk was paid 3a. " for writcing j* Tcrritoryes of
the Qleabe loud, to be kept iu the Church." In tho year 1667 tho Church- wardeua
" paid for Mr. Pigot's dinner, and others with him, at Todmorden ;" but tho Parish
disallowed the item. In the year 1B76, "paid for mending Mr. Pigot's tippet, 2s."
In this year he published, in London, a Sermon preached at (he Assize at Lancaster,
on tho 19tb of March 1675, having been Ohaplain to his parishioner, Alexander But-
terworth of Belfield Esq. when High SherilT. He was a humblo imitator of South
and Theed, and " a whimsical Cextuary." In the some year he was tbe Cbairman ou
the day of auditing tbe Parish Aecounls, and stated that he should not allow Ihcm
to pass as the Wardens had not shewn what sums had been levied, nor for what pur-
pose, and yet had acoottntod for lasses from oevoraj persons whom everybody knew to
be solvent — snch as John Entwisle Esq. it.-. Mr. Gabriel Gartside, 2s.; Mr. Bichard
MUne smr. of Milnrow, Id, ; and others ; so that he would not, willingly, have them

k

Orflncrs of iLffilaitD. 351

in 1720; [by the] Town of Brindle, 20i, {raised to obtain Mr.

Pigot's gift ;) [by] Pers. [ous] unknown, 20'- &'.

Hfbrti to y' Poor by Hen.[ry] Gorton {in 1684,) 92'; [by] e^aritU*.
Th.[omaB] Sharrock {in 1697,) 30'; [by] Job.[n] Stanileld
(in 1688,) 301, [the] Int.[ereat of which] to [be given to] Poor

recorded, but desired tbe old Warilena to amend their ucounts b; that dsf Be'amght,
or else he thereby nuthoriioii tho new WardanB to preacat them.

Id the jear 1GT7 the Vicar agaio lamuDts the forbearance of the U'artlcna to pre-
sent eereral of the leading parishioners, and rcfuaed to pass the accounts. In the
jear 1678 Mr. Entwisle, and othcra, wore presented to tho Coiui, sod eSU.v much
ToiatiouB reaiBtanee, were reduced to order, to the evident satiafiictioQ of the inde-
pendent Vicar. In the jear 1686 " the peraons rallied Qualccri were prcaenlcd," for
refusing to pay their legal proportions " for the repairation of the Church and School
of Rachdale ;" but again Mr. Pigot would uot allow the accounts to pass until tho
dishursemontg had been inspected and aUowed, not only by himself but by the
parishioners. In the year 1678 he has recorded that be made colIeutionB amounting
to £20. Is. 11 Id. at the Church, and all the Chapels except Todmorden, towarda the
rebuLldiug of St. Paul's [Cathedral] Churth in London. In December 1690, he has
noticed that he was present when the daughter of his ejected predecessor was morried,
and that although, as a Surrogate, he did not issue the Licence, he did not take the
■ceustomod fees. In this year died Ralph Webb, the memorable Parish Clerk, who
kept the Bcgistcra, bad lUled his oSIco nearly sixty yeara, and "who, in hia time,
buried 1,100 persons." — Thoreahj'a Corretpondence, p. 332.

In the year 1696 hie name wb» introdaced into an acrimonious controversy, which
arose out of a Visitation Sermon preached by tho Rev. Thomas Gipps, Rector of
Sury, in the Collegiate Church of Mancliester, and which continued for sereral years;
one of tho combatauta throwijig tbe odium of a report un&Tourahle to the Presby-
terians, upon Mr. Pigot, (who first had it &om the Hon. Colonel Fairfax,) adding,
"it depends upon M>. Pigot's single testimony, and some say this ia not the first brat
he has imposed on the world, — wliile the suspicion is just that the whole story waa
invented ia Rochdale, at a Public-house '."

In the year 1700 he appears to haie built, at his own eipeose, the present buid-
Bomo Porch of Bochdate Church, and hia initials still remain incised on the

He married Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Thomas Fyfe of Wedacre Gent, and
had a daughter Judith, and two sons : (1) Thomas, bom at Brindlc in the year
of Wadhom College Oxford, M,A. and F.B.S. Viear of Tnniton near Oiford, in tho
year 1GT9, and Chaplain to James, Earl of Ossory, at whose house in St. James's
Square, 'Westminster, he died on the 14th of August 1686, and was buried in the
Chauccl of St. James's Church, lie published in the Philoiophii-al Tramactioiu,

352 ^titfa etntxiemiiL

Housekeepers^ at Xtmas and Easter : the said sums are^ by Deed
of feofiinent, intrusted w*'* six persons of y« Parish. Edward
Blackledge in 1722, gave by Will, £20, to buy Books for poor
Children.

No. 151, an Account of the Earthquake at Oxford, on the 17th of September 1683 ;
and also discoTered certain phenomena in Music, printed by Dr. Wallis, in No. 134 of
the same TransactionSf dated March 14th 1676. Wood says he was a forward and
mercurial man, and speaks coldly of his merits.

The father was a musical amateur, and first introduced Chanting into the Church
of Bochdale (after the Bestoration,) about the year 1696 ; receiying also in the year
1703, from the Church-wardens, £45, towards liquidating the s;mi he had expended
in procuring an Organ for the Church.

The Vicar's younger son, (2) Henry Pigot, was of Wadham College, M.A. in the year
1683, B.M. in 1687, D.M. in 1692, and was living the year 1725.

In addition to the benefaction recorded in the text, Mr. Pigot founded several
Scholarships at Oxford, and vigorously and successfully defended the right of the
Mother Church of Bochdale to the Patronage of the Chapels ; so that Whit<aker
unjustly censures him as *' deservedly memorable for nothing but his long Incum-
bency and Ufe." Dr. Kuerden appears to have been his friend, and observes that adja-
cent to Brindle Church is " a Parsonage-house, part whereof lately re-edifyed with a
&yr stone building, erected by the worthy and learned Parson, Mr. Henry Pygot,
likewise Chappelain to the Bight Honorable the Earl of Derby, and is Vicar of
Batchdale, a doubly qualifyed Peter, both for souls and fishes, and a complacent
associate to the gentry and all learned persons.** He died and was buried at Boch-
dale, April 10th 1722, in the ninety-fourth year of his age, having been Bector of
Brindle seventy-one years and nine months, and Vicar of Bochdale fifty-nine years
and seven months. Elizabeth his wife, died on the 17th, and was buried on the 20th
of February 1691. On their black marble grave-stone these arms are incised, —
ermine, three lozenges conjoined, in fesse, sable, a canton. Ho died intestate, and
Letters of Administration of his Efiects, were granted at Chester, on the 26th of April
1722. — iaiK?. MS8. vol. iL p. 155, et teq.; Elias Hall's MS, Hittory of the Oldham
Singers; Wood's FasHy pp. 809 — 881 ; Plot's Natural HiHory of Oxfordshire, cap.
ix. p. 199 ; Rochdale Vicarage Papers; Whitaker's Whalley, p. 446, where the mo-
numental inscription is incorrectly given.

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